#34816 [NEW]: Inconsitent behavior in ArrayObject for multi-dimensional data

From: adove at booyahnetworks dot com Operating system: WinXP PHP version: 5.1.0RC1 PHP Bug Type: SPL related Bug description: Inconsitent behavior in ArrayObject for multi-dimensional data Description: ------------ If you create an ArrayObject with mutli-dimensional array data, you can access unique element paths fine but you can not change/add any multi-dimensional paths due to the dreaded "Fatal error: Objects used as arrays in post/pre increment/decrement must return values by reference" error. Note this happens in BOTH 5.0.5 AND 5.1.0RC1. IMHO, either the documentation for ArrayObject should clearly indicate that it supports uni-dimenisional data get/set and ONLY get for multi-dimensional. OR, the object walk the passed data and turn all arrays into ArrayObject instances? Reproduce code: --------------- $a = array( "test" => array( "one" => "dunno", "two" => array( "peekabo" => "do you see me?", "anyone" => array("there") ) ) ); $oArray = new ArrayObject($a); var_dump($oArray); echo "\n\\test\\one == " . $oArray["test"]["one"] . "\n\n"; // NEITHER of the two below will work! $oArray["test"]["one"] = "Yes I do!"; $oArray["test"]["yes"] = array( "hello" => "Goodbye!" ); var_dump($oArray); Expected result: ---------------- object(ArrayObject)#1 (1) { ["test"]=> array(2) { ["one"]=> string(5) "dunno" ["two"]=> array(2) { ["peekabo"]=> string(14) "do you see me?" ["anyone"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "there" } } } } \test\one == dunno object(ArrayObject)#1 (1) { ["test"]=> array(2) { ["one"]=> string(5) "Yes I do!" ["two"]=> array(2) { ["peekabo"]=> string(14) "do you see me?" ["anyone"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "there" } } ["yes"]=> array(1) { ["hello"]=> string(8) "Goodbye!" } } } Actual result: -------------- object(ArrayObject)#1 (1) { ["test"]=> array(2) { ["one"]=> string(5) "dunno" ["two"]=> array(2) { ["peekabo"]=> string(14) "do you see me?" ["anyone"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "there" } } } } \test\one == dunno Fatal error: Objects used as arrays in post/pre increment/decrement must return values by reference in array_obje_test.php on line 16 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34816&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34816&r=mysqlcfg