Re: Re: Illegal string offset error in array

From:	Rasmus Lerdorf	Date:	Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:22:59 +0000
Subject:	Re: Re: Illegal string offset error in array
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Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:

Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:
You can't access string offsets with square brackets [] in PHP5. You need to use curly braces {} instead.
Not sure where you got that idea. This is not true. -Rasmus
Actually, it is. See the following URL: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.substr

Yes, please read that link again. The syntax is deprecated. That doesn't mean it doesn't work as you indicated. If we broke this most of the scripts written for PHP4 would break. -Rasmus