Re: 5.4 regression: non-existent sub-sub keys now have values

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > Ferenc Kovacs wrote: > >> some clarification: >> in the test script, Daniel declared $arr as: >> $arr = array('exists' => 'foo'); >> so when he tests >> $arr['exists']['non_existent'] >> PHP will see that $arr['exists'] is a string, and it will convert the >> 'non_existent' index to int(0) and that will return the same >> as $arr['exists'][0]: 'f' >> If he would have defined $arr['exists'] as an array, then the code would >> work as >> he expected, empty would returned true for >> $arr['exists']['non_existent'] >> > > The bit I am missing here is the statement that $arr = array ... has NOT > created an array with an element ['exists'] yes it did, but ['exists'] wasn't defined as an array, but as a string. > ... I suspect that this is perhaps where the code *I* am looking at is > breaking down ... how SHOULD you define the array so that it is an array? > So that $family = array ( 'fam1' => 'JONES' ); is the base for the JONES > family rather than simply a string. All of this USED to be simple, but it > seems to be getting so cryptic that this is what is causing the trouble :( I think you just need a coffee. -- Ferenc Kovács @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu