Bug #10264 Updated: strange associative array behaviour

ID: 10264 Updated by: jeroen Reported By: shane.wright@ecustomeropinions.com Status: Open Bug Type: Arrays related Operating system: PHP Version: 4.0.4pl1 Assigned To: Comments: I.M.O. negative integer indices are not supported. It is just a side-effect of the implementation that it works. I haven't seen ANY language supporting negative array-indices. You can use the real assosiative version though: $data["$i"] = ... And don't forget to use the same syntax when collecting the data. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-04-10 12:33:48] shane.wright@ecustomeropinions.com Not sure if this is a bug or not, but I can't find any reference to it in the documentation/user comments/FAQs Basically, if you build an associative(ish) array like this: $period = -24; for ($i=$period; $i<=0; $i++) { $data[$i] = $myvalues[$anotherindex]; }; It works ok, the array contains (in order) elements with the inidices -24 to 0. But, if $period is decreased so that over 25 elements are introduced, the order goes off... basically elements with indices -24 to 0 are fine, but all the other ones come, in order, _after_ index 0. Any ideas? Shane --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION! Do NOT reply to this email! To reply, use the web interface found at http://bugs.php.net/?id=10264&edit=2