Re: [PHP4BETA] unset() bug or feature?

Johan Ekenberg wrote: > > Mostly used to Perl, the result of the following code snippet makes me a bit > confused. I understand PHP makes no difference between arrays and hashes, > but in this case if feels somewhat awkward. Traversing $array, unsetting > each value, adding new values, renders an array which doesn't start at index > 0. Shouldn't unset() really unset the entry, making the internal array > pointer point to the next free place in $array (i.e. the place of the just > unset() entry)? In other words, if I unset() $array[0], why doesn't the > subsequent $array[] = "entry_$i" put "entry_$i" at $array[0]? As far as I undestood it (from practical code) indexed arrays are just a particular case for hashes/dictionaries/associative_arrays where the keys are an ints. <snip> -- CIMPOESU Teodor, Web Programmer @ DIGICOM S.A. Bucharest, Romania @ Internet, site development @ teo@digiro.net , +(401)-330.47.28 official home page ~ http://www.digiro.net/ Internet web page ~ http://internet.digiro.net/