Bug #18380: array_search does not allow needle of type of array

From: shelby@downloadfast.com Operating system: FreeBSD PHP version: 4.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Arrays related Bug description: array_search does not allow needle of type of array Documention states: array_search( mixed needle... However: $a = array( array( "test" ) ); echo array_search( array( "test" ), $a ) Outputs: Warning: Wrong datatype for first argument in call to array_search Whereas: foreach( $a as $key => $value ) { if( $value === array( "test" ) ) { echo $key; } } Outputs: 0 Either the documentation is incorrect to state that needle is mixed type, or the function should be fixed to allow mixed input. Preferably the latter. Also in general, the array functions do not properly handle nested arrays. For example, one can not array_diff() arrays that contain arrays. Although this might be by design, it is a significant handicap (limitation) and the functions should be made more robust. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18380&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18380&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18380&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18380&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18380&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18380&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18380&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18380&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18380&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18380&r=globals