#49657 [NEW]: array_search returns null instead of false

From: Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:03:47 +0000
Subject: #49657 [NEW]: array_search returns null instead of false
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From:             pvenakis at efrontlearning dot net
Operating system: windows
PHP version:      5.3.0
PHP Bug Type:     Unknown/Other Function
Bug description:  array_search returns null instead of false

Description:
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array_search returns false in 5.2.x, null in 5.3.0, when $haystack is not
an array


Reproduce code:
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$haystack = false; //Anything not an array
$result = array_search(1, $haystack);
var_dump($result);


Expected result:
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bool(false)

Actual result:
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null

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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49657&edit=1
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Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2):            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=trysnapshot52
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Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0):            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in SVN:                        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=fixed
Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=needdocs
Fixed in release:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:                      http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=needscript
Try newer version:                   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:                 http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=support
Expected behavior:                   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=notwrong
Not enough info:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=php4
Daylight Savings:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=dst
IIS Stability:                       http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=float
No Zend Extensions:                  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49657&r=mysqlcfg

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