Bug #70550 [NEW]: Reference to undeclared array element, creates element

From: michal at econnect4u dot pl Operating system: Widnows PHP version: 5.6.13 Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Reference to undeclared array element, creates element Description: ------------ Reference to undeclared array element, creates element, instead return null pointer. Test script: --------------- $array = array('a'); print_r($array); $a= &$array[4]; print_r($array); $array2 = array('b'); print_r($array2); $a= $array2[4]; print_r($array2); Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [0] => a ) Array ( [0] => a ) Actual result: -------------- Array ( [0] => a ) Array ( [0] => a [4] => ) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70550&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70550&r=mysqlcfg