Bug #76257 [NEW]: NULL can be used as an array without essay

From: smileytechguy at smileytechguy dot com Operating system: Windows 10 PHP version: 7.2.4 Package: Arrays related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:NULL can be used as an array without essay Description: ------------ The special constant NULL or any value which is null can be used as an array without error, warning, or notice. PHP version: PHP 7.2.4 (cli) (built: Mar 28 2018 04:27:01) ( ZTS MSVC15 (Visual C++ 2017) x64 ) Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies Test script: --------------- $foo = NULL; var_dump($foo[0]); // will output NULL var_dump($foo["bar"]); // will also output NULL Expected result: ---------------- Throw at least a warning, showing that NULL was used in an invalid way. Actual result: -------------- NULL is returned -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76257&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76257&r=mysqlcfg