#20893 [NEW]: Strings as Arrays...

From: davey@its-explosive.net Operating system: All PHP version: 4.3.0RC2 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Strings as Arrays... This is probably a strange feature request, but I think it should be given a lot of thought, if it has not done so already. The request is this: strings should be treated as arrays of characters (which they are) when given as the arguement for functions which work on arrays. so for example: function foo ($chr) { echo $chr . "<br />\n"; } $string = "bar"; array_walk($string,foo); would give the result: b a r Also, to be able to do this with strings: $string = "fo"; $string{} = "o"; so that $string == "foo" == TRUE Also, another thing that comes up often, is when trying to do this: $string = "foo"; foreach ($string as $i) { echo $string ."<br />\n"; } does not work, and you have to do: $string = "foo"; for($i = 0;$i <= strlen($string);$i++) { echo $string{$i} ."<br />\n"; } like I said, give this some thought, perhaps toss it around on php-dev etc.. - Davey -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=20893&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20893&r=isapi