#35052 [NEW]: $var->$arrayname['item'] fails

From: sam at liddicott dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.4.0 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: $var->$arrayname['item'] fails Description: ------------ Indirect object array access $var->$arrayname['item'] only takes the first letter of the array name Reproduce code: --------------- <?php # THIS FAILS $name="list"; $obj->$name['item']='test'; var_dump($obj); ?> <?php # THIS WORKS FINE $name="list"; $array=&$obj->$name; $array['item']='test'; var_dump($obj); ?> Expected result: ---------------- object(stdClass)(1) { ["list"]=> string(4) "test" } Actual result: -------------- object(stdClass)(1) { ["l"]=> string(4) "test" } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35052&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35052&r=mysqlcfg