Bug #10264 Updated: strange associative array behaviour

ID: 10264 Updated by: php-bugs@lists.php.net Reported By: shane.wright@ecustomeropinions.com -Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback Bug Type: Arrays related Operating System: RedHat 7 PHP Version: 4.0.4pl1 New Comment: No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the information that was originally requested, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-02-26 21:39:40] yohgaki@php.net s/stiall/still/g ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-02-26 21:39:04] yohgaki@php.net Is this stiall a issue? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-05-21 14:08:43] cynic@php.net IIRC PHP converts numeric strings in array indices to numbers, so array( "1" => "foo" , "2" => "bar" ) actually creates array( 1 => "foo" , 2 => "bar" ). IE the proposed method won't work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-05-19 13:06:07] jeroen@php.net I.M.O. negative integer indices are not supported. It is just a side-effect of the implementation that it works. I haven't seen ANY language supporting negative array-indices. You can use the real assosiative version though: $data["$i"] = ... And don't forget to use the same syntax when collecting the data. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-04-10 12:33:48] shane.wright@ecustomeropinions.com Not sure if this is a bug or not, but I can't find any reference to it in the documentation/user comments/FAQs Basically, if you build an associative(ish) array like this: $period = -24; for ($i=$period; $i<=0; $i++) { $data[$i] = $myvalues[$anotherindex]; }; It works ok, the array contains (in order) elements with the inidices -24 to 0. But, if $period is decreased so that over 25 elements are introduced, the order goes off... basically elements with indices -24 to 0 are fine, but all the other ones come, in order, _after_ index 0. Any ideas? Shane ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=10264&edit=1