Bug #60552 [NEW]: Nonexistent array element is assigned a value

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.8 Package: Arrays related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Nonexistent array element is assigned a value Description: ------------ In the code sample provided, for some reason, $nonexistentElement gets assigned a value of 5. I'd expect this to trigger an error. Test script: --------------- $params = array('search'=>'5'); $nonexistentElement = $params['search']['filter']; -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60552&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60552&r=mysqlcfg