Req #34834 [Com]: array_merge_recursive() merges arrays with objects with arrays
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34834&edit=1
ID: 34834
Comment by: saboteur at saboteur dot me
Reported by: tomas_matousek at hotmail dot com
Summary: array_merge_recursive() merges arrays with objects
with arrays
Status: Verified
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: *
PHP Version: 5CVS-2005-11-02 (cvs)
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
You get even more interesting result using datetime.
Code:
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<?php
$old = ['created' => new \DateTime()];
$new = ['created' => new \DateTime('+1 minute')];
$changeset = array_merge_recursive($old, $new);
var_dump($changeset);
Expected:
---------
array(1) {
["created"]=>
array(2) {
[0] => object(DateTime)#1 (3) {
["date"]=>
string(26) "2015-11-04 10:36:03.000000"
["timezone_type"]=>
int(3)
["timezone"]=>
string(16) "Europe/Amsterdam"
},
[1] => object(DateTime)#1 (3) {
["date"]=>
string(26) "2015-11-04 10:37:03.000000"
["timezone_type"]=>
int(3)
["timezone"]=>
string(16) "Europe/Amsterdam"
}
}
}
Actual
-------
array(1) {
["created"]=>
array(3) {
["date"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(26) "2015-11-04 10:36:03.000000"
[1]=>
string(26) "2015-11-04 10:37:03.000000"
}
["timezone_type"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
int(3)
[1]=>
int(3)
}
["timezone"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(16) "Europe/Amsterdam"
[1]=>
string(16) "Europe/Amsterdam"
}
}
}
So that treats DateTime as array.
Previous Comments:
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[2005-10-11 23:35:21] tomas_matousek at hotmail dot com
Description:
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Although one cannot pass obejects to array_merge_recursive() function, it looks like it doesn't
ignore objects at all.
If objects are contained in the array it merges them as if they were arrays of fields. I think it is
not good to treat objects in this way when other array functions doesn't do so (e.g.
array_walk_recursive doesn't step to fields of objects).
Reproduce code:
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class A
{
var $field = array(1);
}
$a = new A;
$x = array("a" => $a);
$y = array("a" => array("field" => array(2)));
var_dump(array_merge_recursive($x,$y));
Expected result:
----------------
array(1) {
["a"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
object(A)#1 (1) {
["field"]=>
array(1) {
[0]=>
int(1)
}
}
["field"]=>
array(1) {
[0]=>
int(2)
}
}
}
Actual result:
--------------
array(1) {
["a"]=>
array(1) {
["field"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
int(1)
[1]=>
int(2)
}
}
}
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