#48121 [NEW]: Reference inconsistency

From: feldkamp at gameforge dot de Operating system: Debian Etch 2.6.26 PHP version: 5.2.9 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Reference inconsistency Description: ------------ Using array-operator to access a non-existing key of a referenced variable turns variables that are false or an empty string into arrays. Reproduce code: --------------- <? $abc = false; // or '' var_dump($abc); $a = &$abc['unsetKey']; var_dump($abc); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array Actual result: -------------- boolean false array 'unsetKey' => null -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48121&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48121&r=mysqlcfg