RE: [PHP] string vs number

On 05 February 2008 21:37, Jochem Maas advised: > the same is not exactly true for floats - although you can > use them as array keys you'll > notice in the output of code below that they are stripped of > their decimal part (essentially > a floor() seems to be performed on the float value. I have no > idea whether this is intentional, > and whether you can therefore rely on this behaviour: Yes, and Yes! From http://php.net/language.types.array: > A key may be either an integer or a string. If a key is the > standard representation of an integer, it will be interpreted > as such (i.e. "8" will be interpreted as 8, while "08" will > be interpreted as "08"). Floats in key are truncated to > integer. -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, JG125, The Headingley Library, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 812 4730 Fax: +44 113 812 3211 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm