note 126455 added to function.json-decode

<?php $array = [0 => "foo", 1 => "bar", 2 => ["baz"]]; $associative = false; var_dump( json_decode( json_encode($array), $associative ) ); ?> The above will output <?php /* array (size=3) 0 => string 'foo' (length=3) 1 => string 'bar' (length=3) 2 => array (size=1) 0 => string 'baz' (length=3) */ ?> Considering <?php $associative = false; ?> one might expect <?php /* object(stdClass) public '0' => string 'foo' (length=3) public '1' => string 'bar' (length=3) public '2' => object(stdClass) public '0' => string 'baz' (length=3) */ ?> an stdClass object instead of an array, but this is incorrect. json_decode will always return an array for a sequentially encoded array, regardless of the ?bool $associative 2nd argument Which is inline with the above mentioned docs/spec > Returns the value encoded in json in appropriate PHP type Considering that the 1st arg was a sequentially encoded array as a json string '["foo","bar",["baz"]]' ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 45.112.85.242 (proxied: 89.164.218.215) ---- Manual Page -- https://php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php Edit -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/126455 Del: integrated -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126455/integrated Del: useless -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126455/useless Del: bad code -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126455/bad+code Del: spam -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126455/spam Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126455/non-english Del: in docs -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126455/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126455 Reject -- https://main.php.net/note/reject/126455 Search -- https://main.php.net/manage/user-notes.php