[PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #8325: numeric strings used as keys are converted to longs From: cynic <email protected>
Date: 12/19/00

From: cynic <email protected>
Operating system: *
PHP version: 4.0 Latest CVS (19/12/2000)
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: numeric strings used as keys are converted to longs

(Actually, this is for PHP 4 versions up to 4.0.4 RC6, but it ain't in the version list.)

I don't want to sound harsh or something, and this behavior seemed to be accepted as feature from what I saw elsewhere in the bug database (can't find it, though), but I think it shouldn't be that way.

Current behavior:

<?
$p = 1 ;
settype( $p , 'string' ) ;
$a = array( $p => 'aaaa' ) ;
var_dump( $a ) ;
?>

output (note: casting within the array() doesn't help):
string(1) "1"
array(1) {
  [1]=>
  string(4) "aaaa"
}

'Right' (YMMV) behavior:
string(1) "1"
array(1) {
  ["1"]=>
  string(4) "aaaa"
} 

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