#50225 [NEW]: count() on undefined var does not trigger NOTICE

From: josh dot ribakoff at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows Vista PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: count() on undefined var does not trigger NOTICE Description: ------------ Example A "compiles" and B does not (E_NOTICE). Invoking an array index on NULL *probably* warrants my attention more than doing so on an array. It has cost me countless hours, for one. Reproduce code: --------------- // A $foo = null; count( $foo['bar'] ); // B $foo = array(); count( $foo['bar'] ); Expected result: ---------------- 2 E_NOTICE errors Actual result: -------------- 1 E_NOTICE error -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50225&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50225&r=mysqlcfg