Doc #65221 [NEW]: Does not adequately explain nature of how list retrieves values from an array

From: lucas at threeamdesign dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Does not adequately explain nature of how list retrieves values from an array Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.list --- The main description for the construct should specify that it only operates on numeric indices of an array (i.e. string keys are ignored) and expects them to be consecutive and starting at 0. It should also state that the order in which the indices were defined is irrelevant. Test script: --------------- This behaviour could be explained clearly, like so: <?php $foo = array(2 => 'a', 'foo' => 'b', 0 => 'c'); $foo[1] = 'd'; list($x, $y, $z) = $foo; var_dump($foo, $x, $y, $z); ?> produces the following result: array(4) { [2]=> string(1) "a" ["foo"]=> string(1) "b" [0]=> string(1) "c" [1]=> string(1) "d" } string(1) "c" string(1) "d" string(1) "a" -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65221&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65221&r=mysqlcfg