#48329 [NEW]: Indexing arrays with strings that form a numeric are converted to integer index

From: ochronus at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux 2.6.23 PHP version: 5.2.9 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Indexing arrays with strings that form a numeric are converted to integer index Description: ------------ When accessing an array element with a string index which forms a number, it is inevitably converted to an integer. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $a = array(); $b = '1234'; $a['x'] = 'whatever'; $a[$b] = 'whatever2'; foreach ($a as $key=>$value) { echo gettype($key)."\n"; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- string string Actual result: -------------- string integer -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48329&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48329&r=mysqlcfg