Posted by Jasper Bryant-Greene on 03/28/05 02:29

Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
>>> Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:
>>>> You can't access string offsets with square brackets [] in PHP5. You
>>>> need to use curly braces {} instead.
>>>
>>> Not sure where you got that idea. This is not true.
>>>
>>> -Rasmus
>>
>> Actually, it is. See the following URL:
>>
>> http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.substr
>
> Yes, please read that link again. The syntax is deprecated. That
> doesn't mean it doesn't work as you indicated. If we broke this most of
> the scripts written for PHP4 would break.
>
> -Rasmus

Yes, but he's talking about PHP5. He probably has E_STRICT on, which is
why he's getting that error.

I was telling him to use the correct syntax, which will cause him to not
get that error.

Best regards

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