#28406 [NEW]: New string offset syntax

From: solace at ezmail dot ru Operating system: WinXP PHP version: 5.0.0RC2 PHP Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem Bug description: New string offset syntax Description: ------------ Here is an example from ZendEngine-2.0.pdf (from zend.com): An example of the new functionality: $str1 = $str2 = “”; $str1{0} = ‘a’; $str2[0] = ‘a’; The result will be $str1 being the string “a” But we still get array, just as for []. Reproduce code: --------------- $str1 = ""; $str1{0} = 'a'; var_dump($str1); Expected result: ---------------- string(1) "a" Actual result: -------------- array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "a" } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28406&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28406&r=float