From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Operating system: Linux 2.4.5 PHP version: 4.1.1 PHP Bug Type: Arrays related Bug description: Quotes crash MySQL queries: $array['val'] = Parse Error, but $array[val] works
Here is the code: error_reporting(E_ALL); $table = array('admin' => 'md_adm' ,'users' => 'usuarios' ,'tables' => 'md_tables' ,'product' => 'md_prods' ); if(!connect_mydb()) die("unable to connect or select db"); if(isset($table['users'])) { // => works OK echo "$table[users] will warn me!<br>"; // => warning echo "$table['users']"; // => no warning } $query = "SELECT * from $table['users']"; $result = mysql_query($query); // => PARSE ERROR!! //But if I delete the '' in $query it works ok: $query = "SELECT * from $table[users]"; $result = mysql_query($query); // => Query done!! According to PHP Manual in Arrays : "Why is $foo[bar] wrong?" the syntax $foo[bar] is deprecated despite working. Joćo Paulo M. Fischer -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=15673&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15673&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15673&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15673&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15673&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15673&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15673&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15673&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15673&r=submittedtwice