Doc #77323 [Asn->Csd]: Since 7.1 $var[] = 'entry'; throws Fatal. This is unclear in the docs.
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77323&edit=1
ID: 77323
Updated by: cmb@php.net
Reported by: powtac at gmx dot de
Summary: Since 7.1 $var[] = 'entry'; throws Fatal. This is
unclear in the docs.
-Status: Assigned
+Status: Closed
Type: Documentation Problem
Package: Arrays related
Operating System: N/A
PHP Version: >= 7.1
Assigned To: cmb
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Automatic comment on behalf of cmbecker69@gmx.de
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=627fb8f8675566dfd9c3977e3ad2d9fc7b3b3876
Log: Fix #77323: Since 7.1 $var[] = 'entry'; throws Fatal. This is unclear in the docs.
Previous Comments:
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[2019-01-02 17:02:45] cmb@php.net
> [â¦] and I don't think that this old behavior should be
> documented (due to the fact everything pre PHP 7.1 is EOL).
The PHP manual is currently supposed to document the behavior for
all PHP versions as of PHP 5.0.0.
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[2019-01-01 21:24:26] girgias@php.net
This change is documented in the migration guide: https://php.net/manual/en/migration71.incompatible.php#migration71.incompatible.array-order
Moreover, this change applies to all array functions and not just array_push() and I don't
think that this old behavior should be documented (due to the fact everything pre PHP 7.1 is EOL).
Regards
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[2018-12-20 10:43:50] powtac at gmx dot de
Description:
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From manual page: https://php.net/function.array-push
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Despite the note in the documentation "Note: array_push() will raise a warning if the first
argument is not an array. This differs from the $var[] behaviour where a new array is
created.", this is not correct for PHP >= 7.1 where a Fatal Error is thrown when the
variable is a empty string.
See https://3v4l.org/SPBA6
Test script:
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$var = '';
$var[] = 'make me an array';
Expected result:
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According to the docs a new array should be created.
Actual result:
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Fatal error: Uncaught Error: [] operator not supported for strings in /in/SPBA6:5 Stack trace: #0
{main} thrown in /in/SPBA6 on line 5
Process exited with code 255.
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