Posted by Rasmus Lerdorf on 03/28/05 03:33

Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:
> 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.

I know we are talking about PHP5, and that syntax does not throw an
E_STRICT error.

-Rasmus

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