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Bug #61655 Unable to access key in array cast from object
Submitted: 2012-04-06 23:49 UTC Modified: 2016-11-14 18:30 UTC
From: phpbugs at deep-freeze dot ca Assigned: ajf (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: 5.3.10 OS: RedHat
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2012-04-06 23:49 UTC] phpbugs at deep-freeze dot ca 
Description:
------------
Casting from an object to an array with numeric key leaves the element inaccessible.


Given a object with a field whose name is numeric, after a cast to array, there is no means to access the element.

That is  $array['804496778'] yields an undefined error
array_key_exists(804496778, $array); yields false
array_key_exists('804496778', $array); fields false
yet a var_dump($array); shows this element;
and a array_keys($array); returns array(1) { [0] string(9) "804496778" }



Test script:
---------------
$object = new stdClass();
$key = '804496778';
$object->{$key} = "Hello;
$array = (array)$object;
echo $array[$key], ' ', (int)array_key_exists($key, $array), PHP_EOL;
var_dump($array)


Expected result:
----------------
Hello 1
array(1) {
  ["804496778"]=>
  string(5) "Hello"
}

Actual result:
--------------
PHP Notice:  Undefined index: 804496778 in /home/icewolf/bug.php on line 6
 0
array(1) {
  ["804496778"]=>
  string(5) "Hello"
}

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 [2012-04-07 08:14 UTC] googleclone at https dot webasyst dot net 
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 [2012-04-09 02:52 UTC] reeze dot xia at gmail dot com 
Hi, 
   in a object property lookup by name always in string, but in array numeric 
string(like "22200" ) key will transform to numeric but not a string anymore.
    when conversion internal HashTable did't changed so after conversion, key 
lookup will fail.
as you posted:
array(1) {
  ["804496778"]=>
  string(5) "Hello"
}
the key is string but not number.
if you do like this:

$array["1000"] = "value"
var_dump($array);

array(1) {
  [1000]=>
  string(5) "value"
}

see ? "1000" changed to 1000.

I've post a discussion about this in internal list. http://marc.info/?l=php-
internals&m=133390323614733&w=2
 [2012-04-09 03:22 UTC] laruence@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2012-04-09 03:22 UTC] laruence@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

This is a documented behavior, plz lok at: 
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php 

Fixing that implies a perfomance decrease.
 [2016-08-08 12:17 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #71208
 [2016-11-14 18:30 UTC] ajf@php.net
-Status: Not a bug +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: ajf
 [2016-11-14 18:30 UTC] ajf@php.net 
The fix for this bug has been committed.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.

 For Windows:

http://windows.php.net/snapshots/
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

Fixed by: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/convert_numeric_keys_in_object_array_casts
 [2023-01-04 10:49 UTC] apple0478 at interia dot pl 
Thank you for the report, it is hard here in Dubai to get such a great knowledge!
 [2023-01-04 13:36 UTC] ksla at wp dot pl 
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