#45820 [NEW]: ArrayObject does not allow empty strings as keys

From: toby@php.net Operating system: Gentoo PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: SPL related Bug description: ArrayObject does not allow empty strings as keys Description: ------------ While '' works as an array key, it does not work with ArrayObject. It should either work both or none (first one preferred). Reproduce code: --------------- php > $foo = new ArrayObject(); php > $foo[''] = 'lala'; PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'InvalidArgumentException' with message 'An offset must not begin with \0 or be empty' in php shell code:1 Stack trace: #0 php shell code(1): unknown() #1 {main} thrown in php shell code on line 1 InvalidArgumentException: An offset must not begin with \0 or be empty in php shell code on line 1 Call Stack: 16.7554 63916 1. {main}() php shell code:0 Expected result: ---------------- Same as for arrays. php > $foo = array(); php > $foo[''] = 'lala'; php > var_dump($foo); array(1) { [""]=> string(4) "lala" } Actual result: -------------- PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'InvalidArgumentException' with message 'An offset must not begin with \0 or be empty' in php shell code:1 Stack trace: #0 php shell code(1): unknown() #1 {main} thrown in php shell code on line 1 InvalidArgumentException: An offset must not begin with \0 or be empty in php shell code on line 1 Call Stack: 16.7554 63916 1. {main}() php shell code:0 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45820&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45820&r=mysqlcfg