#37746 [Opn->WFx]: Incorrect encoding of PHP associative arrays in XML-RPC response.

ID: 37746 Updated by: mike@php.net Reported By: glideraerobatics at hotmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Bug Type: XMLRPC-EPI related Operating System: FreeBSD 6.1 PHP Version: 5.1.4 New Comment: It's been that way since the very first release, if the array contains numeric indices only. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-08 15:02:04] lars dot maes at gmail dot com I confirm this bug on Debian 3.1a sarge with php4 version 4.3.10 The chr(0x00) solution also works ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-08 14:16:45] glideraerobatics at hotmail dot com By the way, a quick workaround to the problem is to append a NULL byte to the keys: $key1 = '666' . chr(0x00); This way the hash is returned as a correct xml-rpc response without the NULL bytes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-08 14:02:55] glideraerobatics at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ I've noticed that when a key of a hash begins with a digit between 1 and 9 that the resulting XML-RPC response will contain an empty key. This array: $result = array('666' => 'me', '007' => 'Bond'); will be returned as this which is obviously wrong: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <methodResponse> <params> <param> <value> <struct> <member> <name/> <value> <string>me</string> </value> </member> <member> <name>007</name> <value> <string>bond</string> </value> </member> </struct> </value> </param> </params> </methodResponse> Clearly the xmlrpc module has correctly detected that the result is a hash and has therefore made a 'struct'. What it didn't do correctly for some strange reason is treat all keys of the hash as strings (they even really are strings - ask gettype()). Reproduce code: --------------- function debug_getHash($method_name, $params, $app_data) { $key1 = '666'; $key2 = '007'; $result = array( $key1 => 'key1 is a ' . gettype($key1), $key2 => 'key2 is a ' . gettype($key2), ); return $result; } xmlrpc_server_register_method($xmlrpc_server, 'debug.getHash', 'debug_getHash'); Expected result: ---------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <methodResponse> <params> <param> <value> <struct> <member> <name>666</name> <value> <string>key1 is a string</string> </value> </member> <member> <name>007</name> <value> <string>key2 is a string</string> </value> </member> </struct> </value> </param> </params> </methodResponse> Actual result: -------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <methodResponse> <params> <param> <value> <struct> <member> <name/> <value> <string>key1 is a string</string> </value> </member> <member> <name>007</name> <value> <string>key2 is a string</string> </value> </member> </struct> </value> </param> </params> </methodResponse> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37746&edit=1