Bug #68110 [NEW]: undefined variable error not being triggered for undefined array index

From: mathiasgrimm at gmail dot com Operating system: OSX, Windows, Linux PHP version: 5.5.17 Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Bug Bug description:undefined variable error not being triggered for undefined array index Description: ------------ according to the manual(http://ie1.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php): Note: Attempting to access an array key which has not been defined is the same as accessing any other undefined variable: an E_NOTICE-level error message will be issued, and the result will be NULL. Test script: --------------- $a ['a'] = null; $tmp = $a['a']['b']; // nothing $tmp = $a['a']['b']['c']; // nothing // this works (throw an E_NOTICE) fine $a ['a'] = array(); $tmp = $a['a']['b']; // Undefined index: b $tmp = $a['a']['b']['c']; // Undefined index: b Expected result: ---------------- assert(isset($php_errormsg) === true); Actual result: -------------- Undefined index: b -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68110&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68110&r=mysqlcfg