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Bug #62431 array_fill_keys must always return an array
Submitted: 2012-06-27 16:06 UTC Modified: 2012-06-27 18:05 UTC
From: gmblar+php at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: 5.4.4 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2012-06-27 16:06 UTC] gmblar+php at gmail dot com
Description:
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array_fill_keys must always return an array as described in 
http://de3.php.net/manual/en/function.array-fill-keys.php.

When call array_fill_keys with invalid arguments the function returns an invalid 
null!

Test script:
---------------
<?php

var_dump(array_fill_keys(array('a', 'b', 'c')));
var_dump(array_fill_keys(true, 1));
var_dump(array_fill_keys('', 2));
var_dump(array_fill_keys(NULL, 3));
var_dump(array_fill_keys());



Expected result:
----------------
Warning: array_fill_keys() expects parameter 1 to be array, boolean given in - on 
line 4
array(0) {
}

Warning: array_fill_keys() expects parameter 1 to be array, string given in - on 
line 5
array(0) {
}

Warning: array_fill_keys() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in - on 
line 6
array(0) {
}

Warning: array_fill_keys() expects exactly 2 parameters, 0 given in - on line 7
array(0) {
}


Actual result:
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Warning: array_fill_keys() expects exactly 2 parameters, 1 given in - on line 3
NULL

Warning: array_fill_keys() expects parameter 1 to be array, boolean given in - on 
line 4
NULL

Warning: array_fill_keys() expects parameter 1 to be array, string given in - on 
line 5
NULL

Warning: array_fill_keys() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in - on 
line 6
NULL

Warning: array_fill_keys() expects exactly 2 parameters, 0 given in - on line 7
NULL


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 [2012-06-27 18:05 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2012-06-27 18:05 UTC] nikic@php.net
All PHP functions return NULL when called with incorrect parameters. This is nothing special about array_fill_keys(). As this is the same for all functions it is not specially mentioned on every single function docs page.
 
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