#38165 [NEW]: no error to return non-existent index of a non-array variable

From: aurelien dot riche at ac-lille dot fr Operating system: linux PHP version: 5.1.4 PHP Bug Type: Arrays related Bug description: no error to return non-existent index of a non-array variable Description: ------------ There's no error reporting for this code below... 'index' is interpreted as 1 and the value returned is the first letter of string 'hello world' If it's a normal behavior, can you specify this in the documentation ? Reproduce code: --------------- $var = 'hello world'; echo $var['index']; echo '<br/><br/>'; if(isset($var['index'])) echo 'OK'; Expected result: ---------------- Notice: Undefined offset: 'index' Actual result: -------------- h OK -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38165&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38165&r=mysqlcfg