Req #54734 [NEW]: unpack() forces use of associative arrays

From: Operating system: * PHP version: 5.3.6 Package: Strings related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:unpack() forces use of associative arrays Description: ------------ The unpack() function returns only associative arrays. In some situations it's advantageous to work with an indexed array instead. For example, this code, parsing a fictional network packet format: $packet = "\x01\x05\x05\x01\x05\x05\x01"; $values = unpack("Cpadding/nvalue1/Cpadding/nvalue2/Cpadding", $packet); might be more clear when written this way: list(, $value1, , $value2, ) = unpack("CnCnC", $packet); Implementing a fully compatible workaround in userland is at least mildly annoying (as well as slow), and it's pretty simple to add to the engine. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54734&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54734&r=mysqlcfg