#38645 [NEW]: Does the documentation recommend brackets or curly braces for character access?

From: z_rules55 at hotmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Does the documentation recommend brackets or curly braces for character access? Description: ------------ I see the documentation as inconsistent in its recommendation of how to access a string offset. PHP used to use brackets for accessing a character at an offset in a string, then braces, now back to brackets. http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.type-juggling.php says: "PHP 4 introduced the new curly bracket syntax to access characters in string, use this syntax instead of the one [using brackets] presented above" But then it links you to the part on string access by character (http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.substr), which states: "[Characters within strings] may also be accessed using braces like $str{42} for the same purpose. However, using square array-brackets is preferred." Why does that part of the documentation still say to "use this syntax [with braces] instead of the one [using brackets]"? -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38645&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38645&r=mysqlcfg