#28488 [NEW]: No warning reported when using string as object

From: tomas dot matousek at matfyz dot cz Operating system: WinXP PHP version: 5.0.0RC2 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: No warning reported when using string as object Description: ------------ PHP should report a warning if -> operator is used on a string. Reproduce code: --------------- <? $x = "sdfs"; $x->y->z = 1; var_dump($x); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Warning: ... string(4) "sdfs" Actual result: -------------- string(4) "sdfs" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28488&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28488&r=float