note 88489 added to function.is-array

I started this thread in 2003, when I posted as 'mike-php'. There have been a lot of suggestions of questionable quality since then. You may be interested to know that all this time later, I still use the 'vhermecz' version of my original algorithm. /** * Note: * - empty arrays are identified as associative arrays. * - associative arrays whose keys are coincidentally the same as a non-associative array * will be identified as NOT associative * @param array $given * @return boolean true if the given value is an associative array, false otherwise */ function is_assoc_array($given) { return is_array($given) and array_keys($given) !== range(0, sizeof($given)-1); } ---- Server IP: 216.235.13.26 Probable Submitter: 216.16.241.202 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.is-array.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/88489 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88489/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88489/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88489/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88489/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88489/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88489/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88489 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/88489 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php