Description:
------------
<?php
## json_encode() assumes that one dimensional array is an object ##

# Note, To run the entire bug report in php, just copy/paste the entire
# content into a php file and run php your_file.ph

# Unsetting an element will also remove the keys.
# json_encode() will now assume that this is an object,
# and will encode it as such.
# ref: http:#php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php#94157

# Note, that JSON_PRETTY_PRINT has no effect on the behavior

# Example:
$array = [0,1,2];
print_r(json_encode($array, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
unset($array[1]);
print_r(json_encode($array, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));

# The real issue and bug introducing confusing comes with array_filter.

# Example:
$array = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10];
$odds = function($d) { return $d % 2; };
print_r(json_encode(array_filter($array, $odds), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));

# The work-around is to always use array_values, when you know that you will
# serialize a one dimensional array.

# Example:
$array = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10];
$odds = function($d) { return $d % 2; };
print_r(json_encode(array_values(array_filter($array, $odds)), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));

# Since the data manipulation is often handled in other layers than the
# serialization, this can lead to subtle and hard to trace bugs.
# Often only found when deployed since this does not happen in all cases,
# as shown below.

# Example:
$array = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10];
$below2 = function($d) { return $d < 2; };
print_r(json_encode(array_filter($array, $below2), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));

# Changing the behavior of array_filter might introduce breaking change
# while changing how json_encode handles one dimensional arrays should
# not.

# I'm not filing this as a bug, since it has been reported seven years
# ago, but it definitely tangents a bug.
# Seven years ago, simoncpu, reported this behavior in the User Contributed Notes,
# http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php#94157

# Another bug report touches on the subject:
# https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45162
# But it's hard to distill what the author expect or believe to be wrong
# with the behavior.
# This report tries to be concise and has nothing to do with associative arrays.
?>


Test script:
---------------
# The two print_r statements should output the same:
$array = [0,1,2];
print_r(json_encode($array, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
unset($array[1]);
print_r(json_encode($array, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT

Expected result:
----------------
[
    0,
    1,
    2
][
    0,
    1,
    2
]

Actual result:
--------------
[
    0,
    1,
    2
]{
    "0": 0,
    "2": 2
}