#44122 [NEW]: wrong return value for a key in function array_search

From: ron_tmp at roadrunner dot com Operating system: win32 (XP) PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: Arrays related Bug description: wrong return value for a key in function array_search Description: ------------ I trying to get the fraction part of a decimal number using the string keys of an array as a lookup table. Example: 4.25 -> 4-1/4 I sending argument 25 to function 'ConvToFrac' and getting the corresponding key value ('1/4' for this case). Reproduce code: --------------- echo ConvToFrac('0625'); function ConvToFrac($value) { $frac_conv = array('1/2'=>'5','1/4'=>'25','3/4'=>'75','1/8'=>'125','3/8'=>'375','5/8' => '625', '7/8'=>'875','1/16' => '0625','3/16'=>'1875','5/16'=>'3125','7/16'=>'4375','9/16'=>'5625','11/16' =>'6825', '13/16' =>'8125','15/16'=>'9375'); $key = array_search($value, $frac_conv); return $key; } Expected result: ---------------- I expecting '1/16' for argument '0625' Actual result: -------------- I'm getting '5/8' the search can not differentiate between array string key '625' and '0625'. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44122&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44122&r=mysqlcfg