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Request #69936 enhancement to json_decode -- an option to keep duplicate keys in an array
Submitted: 2015-06-26 01:42 UTC Modified: 2015-07-05 04:22 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:4.5 ± 0.5
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (50.0%)
Same OS:2 (100.0%)
From: floriparob at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: JSON related
PHP Version: 5.6.10 OS: Debian stretch/sid
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2015-06-26 01:42 UTC] floriparob at gmail dot com 
Description:
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Using json_decode to turn a JSON string into an associative array. If it finds duplicate key:value pairs it drops the duplicate.
It would be handy to have an option to keep or not to keep these duplicates.

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 [2015-06-26 01:47 UTC] requinix@php.net 
That's not possible: arrays can't have duplicate keys.

What if it decoded into an array of values? Like {a:1,a:2} decoded to [a=>[1,2]]?
 [2015-06-26 01:49 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2015-06-26 01:49 UTC] requinix@php.net 
What am I saying? {a:1,a:2} doesn't make sense as JSON either.

Do you have any examples of where this would be useful *and* are not due to flawed JSON encoders?
 [2015-07-05 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
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