Re: fix bug #53432 (Assignment via string index access on an empty string converts to array)

Hi Nikita, On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote: > The current behavior is that anything "falsey" (e.g. null, false and the > empty string) is silently cast to array when an array operation is applied > to it. I don't like that behavior, but it's somewhat internally consistent > now. Changing it for strings *only* seems a bit weird. Persuasive argument. I prefer to change the behavior if I have to choose, though. $a = ''; // empty string $a[10] = 'a'; echo $a; // "Array" would be common pit hole when users are trying to use string as array of chars. I don't know why, but there are 436 FB likes! for this PR even if there is no "likes!" button on the page. There may be a lot of users that are unhappy with this behavior. Document and warn users? Or should we change behavior even if it seems odd? I don't mind at all setting up RFC to vote. Any comments? -- Yasuo Ohgaki yohgaki@ohgaki.net