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Bug #54651 Modify existing elements in Array created from Object
Submitted: 2011-05-02 15:51 UTC Modified: 2011-05-03 05:19 UTC
From: smartcoding at live dot com Assigned:
Status: Duplicate Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 5.3.6 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-05-02 15:51 UTC] smartcoding at live dot com
Description:
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After converting and Object to an associative Array using (array) variable type 
prefix cannot access and modify existing elements.
Tested in all latest PHP versions with and without modules.

Test script:
---------------
//create object
$obj->{1} = 'something';

//convert object to array
$arr = (array)$obj;

//modify element
$arr[1] = 'something else';

//dump final array
print_r($arr);

Expected result:
----------------
Array ( [1] => something else )

Actual result:
--------------
Array ( [1] => something [1] => something else )

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 [2011-05-02 16:17 UTC] felipecg00 at gmail dot com
I can reproduce it in 5.3.3.
Seems like it happens with numeric indexes only:

//create object
$obj->q = 'something';

//convert object to array
$arr = (array)$obj;

//modify element
$arr['q'] = 'something else';

//dump final array
print_r($arr);

Result:
Array
(
    [q] => something else
)


This way works:

//create object
$obj = new stdClass(array(
	1 => 'something' 
));

//convert object to array
$arr = (array) $obj;

//modify element
$arr[1] = 'something else';

//dump final array
print_r($arr);

Results:
Array
(
    [1] => something else
)
 [2011-05-02 16:42 UTC] smartcoding at live dot com
@felipecg00:
1) yes, this happens only with numeric indexes
2) in your second snippet you are creating an empty 
object and then assigning new element instead of modifying existing one. Dump your 
initial object in the beginning to see what I mean.
 [2011-05-02 17:08 UTC] felipecg00 at gmail dot com
You are right! Don't know why I thought that would work. Guess I need to sleep a bit.
 [2011-05-03 05:19 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Duplicate
 [2011-05-03 05:19 UTC] aharvey@php.net
This is documented behaviour, and a duplicate of bug #45959 -- in essence, it's a known issue, but not one that's likely to be fixed for performance reasons.
 
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