http://bugs.php.net/bugs.php?id=8409

A note to bug #8409: the more I know about arrays in PHP, the more I feel like PHP is typed _too_ loosely when it comes to arrays. Output of $a = array( '1.10' , '1.12' ) ; echo in_array( '1.1' , $a ) ? "loose match\n" : "loose miss\n" ; echo in_array( '1.1' , $a , true ) ? "strict match\n" : "strict miss\n" ; is loose match strict miss however echo "1.0" == "1.10" ? "match\n" : "miss\n" ; evals to false (e.g. echoes "miss"). Add the inability to have a numeric string as an array key, (is there a reason why var_dump( array( "11"=>'aaa' , 'bbb' , 'ccc' ) ) ; produces array(3) { [11]=> string(3) "aaa" [12]=> string(3) "bbb" [13]=> string(3) "ccc" } ? The "11" is a string, not an int, if I wanted it to be an int, I would cast it) troubles with sorting functions, extract() refusing to extract a numerically indexed array even with PREFIX_ALL, and an aversion to arrays builds up. Methinks (YMMV) implicit conversions were meant to make things easier, not complicated, let alone impossible. Can arrays in PHP change a bit, or are they carved in stone yet? Is, for example, change to extract() so that $a = array( 'aaa' , 'bbb' , 'ccc' ) ; extract( $a , EXTR_PREFIX_ALL , 'prefix' ) ; creates $prefix_1 , $prefix_2, and $prefix_3 in current scope? And what about changing it so that it returns? I'd like to see extract() return maybe number of variables it created. Discussion is welcome. ____________________________________________________________ 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