Re: [RFC] Generalize support of negative string offsets

From: Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 07:00:06 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] Generalize support of negative string offsets
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On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Yasuo Ohgaki <[email protected]> wrote:
> Behavior regarding array. (a bit off topic, but error level should
> match with new string '{}' errors.)
>
> php > error_reporting(-1);
> php > $v=array();
> php > $v .= 'abc';
>
> Notice: Array to string conversion in php shell code on line 1
> php > var_dump($v);
> string(8) "Arrayabc"
>
> This insane string assignment raises E_NOTICE. PHP may be better to
> raise E_WARNING for this kind of invalid assignments just like

Additional comment on this

php > $v=array(1,2,3);
php > $v .= 'abc';

Notice: Array to string conversion in php shell code on line 1
php > var_dump($v);
string(8) "Arrayabc"

I think $v .= 'abc' should not destroy array variable. It's minor issue, though.

Regards,

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Yasuo Ohgaki
[email protected]


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