From: akam at akameng dot com Operating system: Windows XP SP2 PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Un expexted result of empty string key of array
Description: ------------ due to this line of php manual: "Using the empty string as a key will create (or overwrite) a key with the empty string and its value;" but empty string key will work. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $test = array('zero' => 'php.net', '' => 'php.net', "" => 'php.net' ); //test echo $test['zero']."\n<br />"; //output: php.net echo $test['']."\n<br />"; //output: php.net echo $test[""]."\n<br />"; //output: php.net foreach ($test as $key => $value ){ echo "\$key = $key and \$value = $value \n<br />"; } //out put /* $key = zero and $value = php.net $key = and $value = php.net */ ?> Expected result: ---------------- php.net php.net Actual result: -------------- php.net php.net php.net php.net php.net -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46154&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46154&r=mysqlcfg