[PHP-BUG] Req #73980 [NEW]: PHP error reporting is less strict for bools access as array than for arrays

From:             benp at yelp dot com
Operating system: 
PHP version:      7.1.1
Package:          PHP Language Specification
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:PHP error reporting is less strict for bools access as array than for arrays 

Description:
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This is well-known from long-past bugs e.g.
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41195, but it really should be
reconsidered at some point for future language versions.

It's pretty nuts that undefined offset access is more strict for arrays
than it is for booleans (and other objects). Booleans should probably be
able to complain about being accessed as arrays.

Test script:
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<?php 
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$boolean = true;
$array = [];
$boolean['hello']; // No error
$array['hello'];  // E_NOTICE

Expected result:
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$boolean['hello'] should throw some error.


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