Re: [PHP-DOC] Inconsistency in Array section of manual From: Gabor Hojtsy (gabor <email protected>)
Date: 02/28/03

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Thanks,
Goba

keith.underdown <email protected> wrote:
> www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php is inconsistent on the issue
> of integer keys for arrays.
>
> Right at the start we have:
> ------------------------------------
> array( [key =>] value
> , ...
> )
> // key is either string or nonnegative integer
> // value can be anything
> -------------------------------------
> which to my mind rules out negative integers as keys. as someone well versed
> in traditional arrays that sees reasonable!
>
> However, later we have:
> --------------------------------------------
> If you omit a key, the maximum of the integer-indices is taken, and the new
> key will be that maximum + 1. As integers can be negative, this is also true
> for negative indices. Having e.g. the highest index being -6 will result
> in -5 being the new key. If no integer-indices exist yet, the key will be 0
> (zero). If you specify a key that already has a value assigned to it, that
> value will be overwritten.
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> which implies that negative integers are ok as a key!
>
> Which is correct?
>
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