From: aulbach at ssilk dot de
Operating system: linux
PHP version: 4.3.7
PHP Bug Type: Arrays related
Bug description: Extremly unuseful behavior of $string[index]-feature
Description:
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The following code produces this result:
a2345
This behaviour is not very useful, because this kind of error is extremly
difficult to find.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
$in=array(
'params' => 'action=bla',
'action' => '',
);
$params="12345";
// by error $params is a string
// instead of array or empty
$params['action'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'params'];
// and the following 2000 lines
// of code is able to handle $params either
// as array OR string (e. g.
// cause of backward compatibility to
// further versions of $in)
print_r($params);
?>
Expected result:
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One (or more) of these
* an array (
[0] => 12345
[action] => action=bla
)
* if this result above, a warning message
'String is automagically converted to array, line 8'
* an error message
'A string cannot indiced via string-type, use integer only, line 8'
* a warning message
'Use of [] while indexing a string is depricated, use {}, line 8'
* an error message
'Use of [] while indexing a string is not longer allowed, use {} instead,
line 8'
Actual result:
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a2345
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28917&r=float
