note 54762 added to function.array-merge

Old behavior of array_merge can be restored by simple variable type casting like this array_merge((array)$foo,(array)$bar); works good in php 5.1.0 Beta 1, not tested in other versions seems that empty or not set variables are casted to empty arrays ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-merge.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54762 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54762&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54762&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54762&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54762&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54762&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54762&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54762&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php