#38694 [NEW]: allow objects to be array keys

From: jerdonek at gmail dot com Operating system: Mac OS X 10.4.7 PHP version: 5.1.6 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: allow objects to be array keys Description: ------------ Arrays and objects are not currently allowed as keys. Instead of: $values[$object] = 0; the programmer is forced to create string or integer keys for all objects we want to use as keys: $values[$object->id] = 0; I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but I couldn't find anything in the feature requests. So I am making a formal request. I know Python and Ruby allow this. Thanks. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38694&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38694&r=mysqlcfg