diff --git a/conf/bleedingEdge.neon b/conf/bleedingEdge.neon
index 291b495940..ad5ae07a04 100644
--- a/conf/bleedingEdge.neon
+++ b/conf/bleedingEdge.neon
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ parameters:
 		bleedingEdge: true
 		skipCheckGenericClasses!: []
 		stricterFunctionMap: true
-
-	reportPossiblyNonexistentStringOffset: true
+		reportPossiblyNonexistentStringOffset: true
diff --git a/conf/config.neon b/conf/config.neon
index 0459cadd97..5d32651064 100644
--- a/conf/config.neon
+++ b/conf/config.neon
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ parameters:
 		bleedingEdge: false
 		skipCheckGenericClasses: []
 		stricterFunctionMap: false
+		reportPossiblyNonexistentStringOffset: false
 	fileExtensions:
 		- php
 	checkAdvancedIsset: false
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ parameters:
 	reportAnyTypeWideningInVarTag: false
 	reportPossiblyNonexistentGeneralArrayOffset: false
 	reportPossiblyNonexistentConstantArrayOffset: false
-	reportPossiblyNonexistentStringOffset: false
 	checkMissingOverrideMethodAttribute: false
 	mixinExcludeClasses: []
 	scanFiles: []
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ services:
 			reportMaybes: %reportMaybes%
 			reportPossiblyNonexistentGeneralArrayOffset: %reportPossiblyNonexistentGeneralArrayOffset%
 			reportPossiblyNonexistentConstantArrayOffset: %reportPossiblyNonexistentConstantArrayOffset%
-			reportPossiblyNonexistentStringOffset: %reportPossiblyNonexistentStringOffset%
+			reportPossiblyNonexistentStringOffset: %featureToggles.reportPossiblyNonexistentStringOffset%
 
 	-
 		class: PHPStan\Rules\ClassNameCheck
diff --git a/conf/parametersSchema.neon b/conf/parametersSchema.neon
index 699b3db0d5..0cf40775a0 100644
--- a/conf/parametersSchema.neon
+++ b/conf/parametersSchema.neon
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ parametersSchema:
 		bleedingEdge: bool(),
 		skipCheckGenericClasses: listOf(string()),
 		stricterFunctionMap: bool()
+		reportPossiblyNonexistentStringOffset: bool()
 	])
 	fileExtensions: listOf(string())
 	checkAdvancedIsset: bool()
@@ -71,7 +72,6 @@ parametersSchema:
 	reportAnyTypeWideningInVarTag: bool()
 	reportPossiblyNonexistentGeneralArrayOffset: bool()
 	reportPossiblyNonexistentConstantArrayOffset: bool()
-	reportPossiblyNonexistentStringOffset: bool()
 	checkMissingOverrideMethodAttribute: bool()
 	parallel: structure([
 		jobSize: int(),
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Arrays/NonexistentOffsetInArrayDimFetchRuleTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Arrays/NonexistentOffsetInArrayDimFetchRuleTest.php
index 8ddc1f215b..c840062d37 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Arrays/NonexistentOffsetInArrayDimFetchRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Arrays/NonexistentOffsetInArrayDimFetchRuleTest.php
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ public function testBug11946(): void
 				53,
 			],
 			[
-				"Offset int<-5, 5> might not exist on 'hi'.",
+				"Offset int<-5, 5> might not exist on 'hia'.",
 				56,
 			],
 		]);
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Arrays/data/bug-11946.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Arrays/data/bug-11946.php
index b890512b1b..e0479377d2 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Arrays/data/bug-11946.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Arrays/data/bug-11946.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public function maybeNonExistentStringOffset(
 		string $nonEmpty,
 		string $nonFalsy,
 		string $lowerCase,
-	    int $maybeWrong
+	    int    $maybeWrong, int $oneToTwo
 	)
 	{
 		echo $s[$maybeWrong];
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ public function maybeNonExistentStringOffset(
 		echo $nonFalsy[$maybeWrong];
 		echo $lowerCase[$maybeWrong];
 
-		$s = 'hi';
+		$s = 'hia';
 		echo $s[$maybeWrong];
+		if ($maybeWrong >= 1 && $maybeWrong < 3) {
+			echo $s[$maybeWrong];
+		}
 	}
 }