note 124380 added to function.json-encode

json_encode will encode array as object if the array;s keys are not sequential starting with zero $a = [0=>'a', 1=>'b', 2=>[0 => 'aa', 1 => 'c', 2 => 'dd']]; var_dump(json_encode($a)); //["a","b",["aa","c","dd"]] $b = [1=>'a', 2=>'b', 3=>[0 => 'aa', 1 => 'c', 2 => 'dd']]; var_dump(jsoon_encode($b)); // {"1":"a","2":"b","3":["aa","c","dd"]} i would expect PHP to follow the original structure or at least add a parameter to do so ---- Server IP: 208.43.231.9 Probable Submitter: 185.85.3.195 (proxied: 132.76.61.51) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/124380 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124380/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124380/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124380/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124380/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124380/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124380/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124380 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/124380 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php