PHP 4.0 Bug #8325: numeric strings used as keys are converted to longs
| From: | cynic at mail dot cz | Date: | Tue, 19 Dec 2000 20:54:22 +0000 |
| Subject: | PHP 4.0 Bug #8325: numeric strings used as keys are converted to longs | ||
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From: cynic@mail.cz
Operating system: *
PHP version: 4.0 Latest CVS (19/12/2000)
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: numeric strings used as keys are converted to longs
(Actually, this is for PHP 4 versions up to 4.0.4 RC6, but it ain't in the version list.)
I don't want to sound harsh or something, and this behavior seemed to be accepted as feature
from what I saw elsewhere in the bug database (can't find it, though), but I think it
shouldn't be that way.
Current behavior:
<?
$p = 1 ;
settype( $p , 'string' ) ;
$a = array( $p => 'aaaa' ) ;
var_dump( $a ) ;
?>
output (note: casting within the array() doesn't help):
string(1) "1"
array(1) {
[1]=>
string(4) "aaaa"
}
'Right' (YMMV) behavior:
string(1) "1"
array(1) {
["1"]=>
string(4) "aaaa"
}
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Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8325&edit=1