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<?php $output = ""; $output['blah'] = array( ); var_dump($output);//"A" but why? 'blah' casts to 0, OK, but 'A'? //because: var_dump(((string)array() )[0]);
Output for 8.0.7 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.4, 8.3.6
Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in /in/aSj6s:4 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /in/aSj6s on line 4
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0 Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in /in/aSj6s:4 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /in/aSj6s on line 4
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 8.0.0 - 8.0.6
Warning: Array to string conversion in /in/aSj6s on line 4 Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in /in/aSj6s:4 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /in/aSj6s on line 4
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.31, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33
Warning: Illegal string offset 'blah' in /in/aSj6s on line 4 Notice: Array to string conversion in /in/aSj6s on line 4 string(1) "A" Notice: Array to string conversion in /in/aSj6s on line 29 string(1) "A"
Output for 7.3.32 - 7.3.33
Warning: Illegal string offset 'blah' in /in/aSj6s on line 4 string(1) "A" string(1) "A"
Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.33
array(1) { ["blah"]=> array(0) { } } Notice: Array to string conversion in /in/aSj6s on line 29 string(1) "A"
Output for 5.6.0 - 5.6.40
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /in/aSj6s on line 29
Process exited with code 255.

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