diff --git a/language/types.xml b/language/types.xml
index 263cd222b7..8b940384e8 100644
--- a/language/types.xml
+++ b/language/types.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.166 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.167 $ -->
  <chapter id="language.types">
   <title>Types</title>
 
@@ -1090,7 +1090,8 @@ echo "I'd like to have another {${ strrev('reeb') }}, hips";
      <note>
       <simpara>
        They may also be accessed using braces like <varname>$str{42}</varname> 
-       for the same purpose. However, using square array-brackets is preferred.
+       for the same purpose. However, using square array-brackets is preferred
+       because the {braces} style is deprecated as of PHP 6.
       </simpara>
      </note>
      <para>
@@ -1114,7 +1115,7 @@ $last = $str[strlen($str)-1];
 $str = 'Look at the sea';
 $str[strlen($str)-1] = 'e';
 
-// Alternative method using {}
+// Alternative method using {} is deprecated as of PHP 6
 $third = $str{2};
 
 ?>
@@ -2446,41 +2447,22 @@ examples:
      undefined.
     </para>
     <para>
+     Also, because PHP supports indexing into strings via offsets using 
+     the same syntax as array indexing, the following example holds true
+     for all PHP versions:
      <informalexample>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-$a = "1";     // $a is a string
-$a[0] = "f";  // What about string offsets? What happens?
+$a    = 'car'; // $a is a string
+$a[0] = 'b';   // $a is still a string
+echo $a;       // bar
 ?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
      </informalexample>
     </para>
     <para>
-     Since PHP (for historical reasons) supports indexing into strings
-     via offsets using the same syntax as array indexing, the example
-     above leads to a problem: should $a become an array with its first
-     element being "f", or should "f" become the first character of the
-     string $a?
-    </para>
-    <para>
-     The current versions of PHP interpret the second assignment as
-     a string offset identification, so $a becomes "f", the result
-     of this automatic conversion however should be considered
-     undefined. PHP 4 introduced the new curly bracket syntax to access
-     characters in string, use this syntax instead of the one presented
-     above: 
-     <informalexample>
-      <programlisting role="php">
-<![CDATA[
-<?php
-$a    = "abc"; // $a is a string
-$a{1} = "f";   // $a is now "afc"
-?>
-]]>
-      </programlisting>
-     </informalexample>
      See the section titled <link linkend="language.types.string.substr">String
      access by character</link> for more information.
     </para>