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+--TEST--
+Bug #53432: Assignment via string index access on an empty string converts to array
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$str = '';
+var_dump($str[0] = 'a');
+var_dump($str);
+
+$str = '';
+var_dump($str[5] = 'a');
+var_dump($str);
+
+$str = '';
+var_dump($str[-1] = 'a');
+var_dump($str);
+
+$str = '';
+var_dump($str['foo'] = 'a');
+var_dump($str);
+
+$str = '';
+try {
+    var_dump($str[] = 'a');
+} catch (Error $e) {
+    echo "Error: {$e->getMessage()}\n";
+}
+var_dump($str);
+
+$str = '';
+try {
+    var_dump($str[0] += 1);
+} catch (Error $e) {
+    echo "Error: {$e->getMessage()}\n";
+}
+var_dump($str);
+
+$str = '';
+try {
+    var_dump($str[0][0] = 'a');
+} catch (Error $e) {
+    echo "Error: {$e->getMessage()}\n";
+}
+var_dump($str);
+
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+string(1) "a"
+string(1) "a"
+string(1) "a"
+string(6) "     a"
+
+Warning: Illegal string offset:  -1 in %s on line %d
+NULL
+string(0) ""
+
+Warning: Illegal string offset 'foo' in %s on line %d
+string(1) "a"
+string(1) "a"
+Error: [] operator not supported for strings
+string(0) ""
+Error: Cannot use assign-op operators with string offsets
+string(0) ""
+Error: Cannot use string offset as an array
+string(0) ""