Bug #64326 [NEW]: Parse error on casting a bracket array to an object

From: f at worldhomes dot com Operating system: Mac PHP version: 5.4.12 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Parse error on casting a bracket array to an object Description: ------------ This code does not work on Mac OSX Lion : json_encode ( (object) [ 'status' => (int) $newstatus ] ) After further debugging, problem: "(object)[]" : you can not cast a bracket array to object Parse error: unexpected '[' Test script: --------------- json_encode ( (object) [ 'status' => 4 ] ) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64326&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=64326&r=mysqlcfg