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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:41:03 +0100
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To: Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] array_key_exists with float keys (bug #60039)
From: nikita.ppv@googlemail.com (Nikita Popov)

*push*

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Nikita Popov
<nikita.ppv@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi internals!
>
> I'd like to get some attention to bug #60039 [1]. It is about the
> behavior of array_key_exists with "unusual" keys like floats, bools
> and resources. Currently array_key_exists throws a warning if such a
> key is passed. isset() on the other hand (and native array accesses in
> general) treat them as valid keys, with floats being converted to ints
> and bools and resources treated just like ints.
>
> I would like to see array_key_exists behave consistent with
> isset($array[$key]) / $array[$key]. The bug has a patch attached that
> does this.
>
> I don't think that this change has any BC impact as it only *removes* warnings.
>
> Nikita
>
> [1]: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60039
>