#28151 [Opn->Bgs]: give notice when storing to an undefined array

ID: 28151 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: aaron dot hawley at uvm dot edu -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Variables related Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux PHP Version: 4.3.4 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Expected behaviour Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-04-26 04:56:11] aaron dot hawley at uvm dot edu don't let the concatenated endline character confuse you. sorry about that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-04-26 04:54:51] aaron dot hawley at uvm dot edu Description: ------------ When the left-hand-side of an assignment expression is an array location using square-brackets, PHP should check that the array variable was previously defined, and give a notice if E_NOTICE is flagged in error_reporting. This would find mistyped variables, and help with those attempting to write more stable and secure PHP code with E_ALL. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); $not_an_array_yet[1] = 'a' . "\n"; exit("done\n"); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Notice: Undefined variable: not_an_array_yet in my_file.php on line 3 done Actual result: -------------- done ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28151&edit=1