note 26786 added to function.array-slice

This function may surprise you if you use arbitrary numeric values for keys, i.e. //create an array $ar = array('a'=>'apple', 'b'=>'banana', '42'=>'pear', 'd'=>'orange'); print_r($ar); // print_r describes the array as: // Array // ( // [a] => apple // [b] => banana // [42] => pear // [d] => orange // ) //use array_slice() to extract the first three elements $new_ar = array_slice($ar, 0, 3); print_r($new_ar); // print_r describes the new array as: // Array // ( // [a] => apple // [b] => banana // [0] => pear // ) The value 'pear' has had its key reassigned from '42' to '0'. When $ar is initially created the string '42' is automatically type-converted by array() into an integer. array_slice() and array_splice() reassociate string keys from the passed array to their values in the returned array but numeric keys are reindexed starting with 0. -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-slice.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+26786 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+26786 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+26786