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Description: ------------ It is well known that PHP casts numeric string indexes to integers, and it is normally impossible to force such indexes to remain strings. For example, the script below will output "integer": $test = array("123" => 1); echo gettype(key($test)); // integer However, it is possible to achieve this if we assign numeric string property to an object (by using the ->{} syntax), and then cast it to array. Not only will the index retain it's string type, but it will also be impossible to access that index with [], which can't be correct behaviour. See attached example. Test script: --------------- <?php $test = new stdClass(); $test->{"123"} = 1; $test = (array)$test; $key = key($test); echo gettype($key); echo "\n"; echo $test[$key]; ?> Expected result: ---------------- integer 1 Actual result: -------------- string PHP Notice: Undefined index: 123 in test.php on line 9