Bug #17750: array_unique is not returning array[0] when all values are equal

From: thiago@softexpert.com Operating system: Windows 2000 PHP version: 4.2.1 PHP Bug Type: Arrays related Bug description: array_unique is not returning array[0] when all values are equal <?php $array = array(0 => 8, 1 => "8", 2 => "8"); $array = array_unique($array); print_r($array); ?> The manual says: === MANUAL BEGIN === array_unique() takes input array and returns a new array without duplicate values. Note that keys are preserved. array_unique() sorts the values treated as string at first, then will keep the first key encountered for every value, and ignore all following keys. It does not mean that the key of the first related value from the unsorted array will be kept. Note: Two elements are considered equal if and only if (string) $elem1 === (string) $elem2. In words: when the string representation is the same. The first element will be used. ==== MANUAL END ==== So, it should return $array[1], right ? Its always returning the last value. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17750&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17750&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17750&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17750&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17750&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17750&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17750&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17750&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17750&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17750&r=globals