Doc #71878 [NEW]: Error in documentation example

From: alexis_advance at hotmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Error in documentation example Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.types.string --- The example right below "It is also possible to access class properties using variables within strings using this syntax." does not work as expected. Test script: --------------- Note: I just copied and pasted this script from the documentation. <?php class foo { var $bar = 'I am bar.'; } $foo = new foo(); $bar = 'bar'; $baz = array('foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'quux'); echo "{$foo->$bar}\n"; echo "{$foo->$baz[1]}\n"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- I am bar. I am bar. Actual result: -------------- I am bar. Notice: Array to string conversion in (filepath) on line 10 Notice: Undefined property: foo::$Array in (filepath) on line 10 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71878&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71878&r=mysqlcfg