Posted by James Kaufman on 03/28/05 04:15

On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 11:29:28AM +1200, 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.
>
> Best regards
>
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You do realize you're arguing with Rasmus, right?

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