Is this a huge bug?

I have the following code: $value = explode("(", $buffer); $value = explode(")", $value[1]); So $value[1] should have what is inside of the parentheses of a string. It does, but the following line doesn't work as expected: $myData[$counter]->value = $value[1]; While $value[1] contains the proper value, $myData[$counter]->value contains absolutely nothing, right after the above line of code. Is this a huge bug? I can't think of a more straightforward assignment than the above, but still there is nothing being assigned! Incidentally, the above will work for any $value[1] without a space in it (so I know I'm addressing the right array element, because everything else will print out). Can someone explain to me what's going on? Liam Gibbs