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Subject: array kindex overflow issue Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PATCH] Bug #45877: LONG_MAX/MIN array key as string/int
From: mls@pooteeweet.org (Lukas Kahwe Smith)


On 19.03.2009, at 20:37, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:

> So, what is the final conclusion on this one?  Are we at a combination
> of Matt's and Dmitry's patches here?
>
> I think we definitely need to fix this even in the 5.2 branch and  
> get it
> back to 5.1.x and earlier behavior.  I consider it a bug that:
>
> $arr[3500000000] = 'blah';
> print_r($arr);
>
> results in:
>
> [-2147483648] => blah
>
> if someone has written brand new 5.2-specific code that relies on this
> weird behavior, then we will just have to bite the bullet and break  
> that
> code.  It is way more likely that people are relying on the earlier
> behavior and will end up with subtle problems in 5.2.  I just had
> someone at Yahoo get bitten by this when they upgraded from 5.1.x to  
> 5.2.x.


If I understood it properly, the issue Matt/Dmitry are working on is  
something else. So where do we stand on the issue Rasmus's notes (is  
there a ticket for this one already)?

regards,
Lukas Kahwe Smith
mls@pooteeweet.org