#36613 [Opn->Ver]: array_slice Cannot Preserve Keys without Length

ID: 36613 Updated by: bjori@php.net Reported By: lists at zaunere dot com -Status: Open +Status: Verified Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.1.2 New Comment: Workaround: array_slice($someArray, 1, count($someArray), true); Patch: http://php.is/bugs/36613/array_slice.patch.txt Index: array.c =================================================================== RCS file: /repository/php-src/ext/standard/array.c,v retrieving revision 1.308.2.18 diff -u -r1.308.2.18 array.c --- array.c 26 Feb 2006 10:49:50 -0000 1.308.2.18 +++ array.c 5 Mar 2006 02:20:28 -0000 @@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ is not passed */ convert_to_long_ex(offset); offset_val = Z_LVAL_PP(offset); - if (argc >= 3) { + if (argc == 3 || (argc == 4 && Z_TYPE_PP(length) != IS_NULL)) { convert_to_long_ex(length); length_val = Z_LVAL_PP(length); } else { Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-03-04 21:27:47] lists at zaunere dot com Description: ------------ The optional fourth parameter preserve_keys is only available if the third parameter length is also supplied. If the developer wishes to set preserve_keys to TRUE, he must also supply the length of the array he wishes to have returned, which may not be known. There is no way to indicate that length should remain optional - like passing NULL - while providing a value for preserve_keys. Reproduce code: --------------- $SomeArray = array('First','Middle','Last'); var_dump(array_slice($SomeArray,1,NULL,TRUE)); Expected result: ---------------- array(2) { [1]=> string(6) "Middle" [2]=> string(4) "Last" } Actual result: -------------- array(0) { } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36613&edit=1