Worked fine for me.. <?phpecho "<pre>";print_r($r);echo "</pre>";?>-----------Array ( [k] => Array ( [0] => a1 [1] => b1 )
) -----------Access the merged array with with $r['k']; with values at $r['k'][0] and $r['k'][1]. Is this not what you wanted? -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michiel van Wessem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:14 AM Subject: [PHP] array_merge_recursive > Hello! > > I'm fairly new to PHP and absolutely new to this mailing list. > > I subscribed and I'm writing because I observed some strange behavior with > array_merge_recursive(). I'm using PHP version 4.1.2. Please look at the > following code: > > $a = array('k' => array('a1')); > $b = array('k' => array('b1')); > $r = array_merge_recursive($a, $b); > echo count($a['k']), '<br>'; > echo count($b['k']), '<br>'; > > This will print > 2 > 1 > > Apparently $a['k'] has been merged with $b['k'] and $a['k'] has been set to > the resulting two-element array. I did not expect this behavior: I expected > the function to make a new array, which contains both 'a1' and 'b1'. Only > $r['k'] should refer to this new array. > > Otherwise, in my opinion, array_merge_recursive should not return a value, > just modify the first argument. > > Should I file a bug report about this? > > Thank you, > > Michiel van Wessem > > > Network Administrator > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php