#41506 [NEW]: reassining string index to '' doesn't cause string length update

From: shugotenshi at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux (Ubuntu 7.04) PHP version: 5.2.2 PHP Bug Type: Strings related Bug description: reassining string index to '' doesn't cause string length update Description: ------------ PHP Version 5.2.1 (form wouldn't let me select this version) Reassigning a string index to '' doesn't modify the string's length. Reproduce code: --------------- $ php -r '$str = "foo"; $str{0} = ""; var_dump($str);' Expected result: ---------------- string(2) "oo" Actual result: -------------- string(3) "oo" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41506&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41506&r=mysqlcfg