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

On 24 November 2011 21:48, Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com> wrote: > On 11/24/2011 01:44 PM, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I should think twice before seding mail. "abc" as array index is >> converted to 0 since it's not a integer. So with current code is >> behave consistently with regards to string to long conversion. >> >> However, >> >> PHP 5.3 >> php -r '$s = "abc"; var_dump($s[0]["bar"]);' >> PHP Fatal error:  Cannot use string offset as an array in Command line >> code on line 1 >> >> PHP 5.4 >> ./php -r '$s = "abc"; var_dump($s[0]["bar"]);' >> string(1) "a" >> >> Isn't it better to raise notice for accessing string by string index? >> There is no use to allowing string index access to strings. I think >> raising notice is feasible. Isn't it? > > String index access is still required since they are often numeric > strings. We could add a notice for non-numeric strings, but the check > would slow things down a bit. > > -Rasmus > Would it be possible to have that check only if E_NOTICE is enabled ? That would allow to limit the cost to development environments (assuming one could disable E_NOTICEs on production env). Devis