Bug #52717 [NEW]: Numeric property name can be set/get via variable but not static

From: Operating system: Windows 7 PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Numeric property name can be set/get via variable but not static Description: ------------ It is not possible to assign a numeric (integer or string) property name directly but via a variable. Test script: --------------- <?php $obj = new stdClass; $zero_int = 0; $zero_str = "0"; $obj->$zero_int = "bar"; // works $obj->$zero_str = "bar"; // works $obj->0 = "bar"; // Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '{' or '$' in foo.php on line 9 $obj->"0" = "bar"; // Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '{' or '$' in foo.php on line 10 print_r($obj->$zero_int); // works print_r($obj->$zero_str); // works print_r($obj->0); // Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '{' or '$' in foo.php on line 13 print_r($obj->"0"); // Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '{' or '$' in foo.php on line 15 ?> Expected result: ---------------- I expected that both ways or neither of them would work. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52717&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52717&r=mysqlcfg