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

My PHP (php4apache.dll 4.0.4 RC6) outputs quoted string (and
double, for that matter) keys in var_dump().

actual example:

array(3) {
        [1]=> string(4) "aaaa"
        ["a2"]=> string(3) "bbb"
        ["3.5"]=> string(6) "cccccc"
}

At 23:15 19.12. 2000, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote the following:
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>On 19 Dec 2000 cynic <email protected> wrote:
>
>> 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"
>> }
>>
>
>Actually, this behavior is displayed for any key, i.e., if the key is a
>string (e.g., "name"), it is displayed without quotes.
>
>--
>Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio <email protected>>
>
>
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