Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8325: numeric strings used as keys are converted to longs

My PHP (php4apache.dll 4.0.4 RC6) outputs quoted string (and double, for that matter) keys in var_dump(). actual example: array(3) { [1]=> string(4) "aaaa" ["a2"]=> string(3) "bbb" ["3.5"]=> string(6) "cccccc" } At 23:15 19.12. 2000, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >On 19 Dec 2000 cynic@mail.cz wrote: > >> 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" >> } >> > >Actually, this behavior is displayed for any key, i.e., if the key is a >string (e.g., "name"), it is displayed without quotes. > >-- >Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net> > > >-- >PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz