#44313 [NEW]: inconsistencies in property assignation on scalar variables

From: johann dot queuniet at gmail dot com Operating system: All PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: inconsistencies in property assignation on scalar variables Description: ------------ The way PHP handles property assignation on scalar variables evaluating as false is inconsistent. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $var1->test = true; $var2 = null; $var2->test = true; $var3 = false; $var3->test = true; $var3 = ''; $var3->test = true; $var4 = 0; $var4->test = true; $var5 = '0'; $var5->test = true; $var6 = array(); $var6->test = true; ?> Expected result: ---------------- PHP should handle every case the same way, with a "Warning: Attempt to assign property of non-object". The first line should also trigger a notice since the $var1 variable is undeclared. Actual result: -------------- PHP behaves as with arrays and only triggers a warning for the last three. The other lines create an stdClass object with the test property set. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44313&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44313&r=mysqlcfg