#32656 [NEW]: array_rand does not return array

From: yagi at thinkware dot jp Operating system: any PHP version: 4.3.11 PHP Bug Type: *General Issues Bug description: array_rand does not return array Description: ------------ array_rand doesn't return array but a key as string when given mixed array which has only one value(and key). Reproduce code: --------------- $array = array("test"); $rand_key = array_rand($array, count($array)); print_r($rand_key); print("\n"); $array2 = array("test" => "value"); $rand_key2 = array_rand($array2, count($array2)); print_r($rand_key2); print("\n"); $array3 = array("test" => "value", "test2" => "value2"); $rand_key3 = array_rand($array3, count($array3)); print_r($rand_key3); print("\n"); Expected result: ---------------- Array([0] => 0) Array([0] => test) Array ( [0] => test [1] => test2 ) *the last one is right. Above two are not expected result. Actual result: -------------- 0 test Array ( [0] => test [1] => test2 ) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32656&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32656&r=mysqlcfg