4.6.0:Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array

Same error as per
http://drupal.org/node/16481

Running Drupal 4.6.3 Apache2 php 5.0.4(just downgraded from .5 due to the various issue noted recently in other bug reports)
switching line 112 to

$value = variable_get('phptemplate_' . $type . '_links', false);

remedies the prob