[PHP-BUG] Bug #71203 [NEW]: Ignoring class setter

From:             nowm at yandex dot ru
Operating system: any
PHP version:      Irrelevant
Package:          Class/Object related
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:Ignoring class setter

Description:
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When a class has no "property" property and you are trying set it as
$class->property = 'value', PHP is trying to use magic __set() method.
It is correct behavior. But when you are trying to set it as
$class->property['index'] = 'value', PHP ignores the setter, creating
the "property" as a property of the class. It is incorrect behavior,
because class had no "property" property, so it firstly have to use
setter.

Test script:
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<?php
class SetterTester {
    public function __set($name, $value) {
        echo 'Setter is used', PHP_EOL, PHP_EOL;
    }
}

echo "Test normal version", PHP_EOL;
$test = new SetterTester();
$test->property = "Some value";

echo "Test array version", PHP_EOL;
$test = new SetterTester();
$test->property["index"] = "Some value";


Expected result:
----------------
Test normal version
Setter is used

Test array version
Setter is used

Actual result:
--------------
Test normal version
Setter is used

Test array version

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Need Reproduce Script:      https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=needscript
Try newer version:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=support
Expected behavior:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=php4
Daylight Savings:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=dst
IIS Stability:              https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=float
No Zend Extensions:         https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:  https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71203&r=mysqlcfg