Req #52868 [Opn->Bgs]: string variable array acces with string index should emit E_NOTICE

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52868&edit=1 ID: 52868 Updated by: markskilbeck@php.net Reported by: sht dot alien at gmx dot net Summary: string variable array acces with string index should emit E_NOTICE -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Variables related Operating System: Ubuntu Linux 10.04 x64 PHP Version: 5.3.3 Block user comment: N New Comment: I don't see that this makes sense. PHP expects an integer for the key, and PHP being PHP, it will just juggle the type if it can. The PHP Way(tm). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-09-17 11:56:20] sht dot alien at gmx dot net Description: ------------ It sometimes happens that you accidentially acces a string via array access and be so unfortunate to have used a string index :-) Since I see no point in using stingindexes for accessing strings via array access at any time, I propose to issue an E_NOTICE when a string index is cast to integer for array access (on strings), if that is possible. Test script: --------------- <?php $stringValue = 'foobar'; echo $stringValue['baz']; // echoes 'f' since 'baz' is cast to int 0 echo $stringValue['3baz']; // echoes 'b' since the first character of the index string is 3, thus the index string is cast to int 3 echo $stringValue['ba3z']; // echoes 'f' since 'ba3z' is cast to int 0 ?> Expected result: ---------------- f b f ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52868&edit=1