Bug #69074 [NEW]: array_filter do not clearing empty items.

From: oleg dot briareos17 at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows 8.1 (Open Server) PHP version: 5.4.37 Package: Arrays related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:array_filter do not clearing empty items. Description: ------------ $report['errors']['linkedin'][] = CLinkedinApiHelper::api()->postToGroup('',$article['title'], $description, $content); array_filter($report['errors']['linkedin']); when function return's nothing, array creating new item $report['errors']['linkedin'][0] => null, but array_filter do not react on it, it is only react when function return null directly. Test script: --------------- $report['errors']['linkedin'][] = CLinkedinApiHelper::api()->postToGroup('',$article['title'], $description, $content); //part of helper function: if ($data['linkedin']) { $xml = simplexml_load_string($data['linkedin']); if (isset($xml->{'error-code'})) { $message = sprintf($xml->message); return $message; } } return null; //if remove this, array_filter do not see new "NULL" array item array_filter($report['errors']['linkedin']); Expected result: ---------------- array(0) {} Actual result: -------------- array(1) { [0]=> NULL } -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69074&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69074&r=mysqlcfg