#50401 [Opn->Bgs]: Array Key Data Type Conversion

ID: 50401 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported By: michael dot patrick dot mcnally at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Windows Vista PHP Version: 5.3.1 New Comment: This is part of being a dynamically typed language aimed at the Web. There are no types in an HTTP request. Everything comes across as strings, or just data, if you will. PHP tries to make sense of that data in the most logical way. This isn't going to change. If you need stronger typing, you need to apply some logic on your own to achieve that. Like keep a separate array for user-changeable options, for example. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-07 20:20:06] michael dot patrick dot mcnally at gmail dot com Description: ------------ It is necessary that I check to see if an array key has been set by the code. Such as is with this code: foreach($array as $key => $value){ if(is_int($key)) echo 'the code assigned a key for this element'; } How can I achieve this with the following array?: array('1'=>'Yes','0'=>'No'); PHP converts the '1' into 1 which leaves me no detection for user assigned keys. This is bad form. Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: language.types.array --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50401&edit=1