Bug #15533: Indexing a string variable with a text key returns 1st element of string

From: fred@observe.co.za Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.0.6 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: Indexing a string variable with a text key returns 1st element of string <? $arg = '123'; // prints 123 echo "arg = $arg<br>\n"; // prints nothing echo "is_array(arg) = ", is_array($arg), "<br>\n"; // prints 1 echo "arg[blah] = $arg[blah]<br>\n"; ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=15533&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15533&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15533&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15533&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15533&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15533&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15533&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15533&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15533&r=submittedtwice