Posted by Koncept on 11/03/06 02:30

In article <erskk25p72hq13an8aijhclbjktlgnfh1d@4ax.com>, Michael Fesser
<netizen@gmx.de> wrote:

> Quite simple:
>
> $test['k1']['k2'] is a string. Now you can access every single char of a
> string by simply appending an array-like index, for example:
>
> $string = 'Foo';
> print $string[1];
>
> would output 'o'.
>
> In your case you're trying to access the character at position 'k3'.
> Casted to an integer 'k3' becomes '0', so you're simply overwriting the
> first character of $test['k1']['k2'].
>
> Try this instead:
>
> $test['k1']['k2']['k3'+1] = 'world';
>
> Result? 'hwllo'
>
> Micha

Excellent. Makes perfect sense!

Thanks Michael and Steve. You both covered this in a way that I could
follow. Thanks for putting this into perspective for me.

With regards to the particular example of:

$test['k1']['k2']['k3'+1] = 'world';

In the wise words of Borat ... "Is Nice. I like.".

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