Re: array_key_exists with float keys (bug #60039)

Hi, On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 16:41, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@googlemail.com> wrote: > *push* > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Nikita Popov > <nikita.ppv@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Hi internals! >> >> I'd like to get some attention to bug #60039 [1]. It is about the >> behavior of array_key_exists with "unusual" keys like floats, bools >> and resources. Currently array_key_exists throws a warning if such a >> key is passed. isset() on the other hand (and native array accesses in >> general) treat them as valid keys, with floats being converted to ints >> and bools and resources treated just like ints. >> >> I would like to see array_key_exists behave consistent with >> isset($array[$key]) / $array[$key]. The bug has a patch attached that >> does this. >> >> I don't think that this change has any BC impact as it only *removes* warnings. To me, it feels similar to the Array->String conversion: It is one of those implicit conversions that is almost always indicating a bug. Therefore I would rather have both throw warnings than none of them. So -1 from me for the proposed unification. >> >> Nikita >> >> [1]: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60039 >> > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Etienne Kneuss http://www.colder.ch