#44545 [Opn->Bgs]: Numeric keys in sessions fail silently

ID: 44545 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported By: info at concept47 dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Session related Operating System: Windows Xp sp2 PHP Version: 5.2.5 New Comment: RTFM: "The keys in the $_SESSION associative array are subject to the same limitations as regular variable names in PHP, i.e. they cannot start with a number and must start with a letter or underscore. For more details see the section on variables in this manual. " Found at http://php.net/session Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-03-27 10:42:02] info at concept47 dot com Description: ------------ trying to use numeric keys for sessions vars, fails, silently. This is bad and can lead to lost hours/money for developer. I am just asking for this sort of assignment to fail in a far more obvious manner. Reproduce code: --------------- $_SESSION['1234'] = "boooo!" Expected result: ---------------- I expect the session variable to be stored or else fail miserably like this assignment would $123 = "dummy!" Actual result: -------------- the session variable with a numeric key is never stored ... and it might take a developer a while to figure out why, as other session vars are stored just fine. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44545&edit=1