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spser
Joined: 29 Aug 2016
Posts: 97
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 Posted: Thu 28 Jan '21 4:44 Post subject: php array_merge |
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$arra = array('54984941951919'=>'aa');
$arrb = array('549849419519193'=>'bb');
echo '<pre>';
print_r( array_merge($arr, $arrb));
ret:
Array
(
[0] => aa
[1] => bb
)
Why is this happening? |
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mraddi
Joined: 27 Jun 2016
Posts: 152
Location: Schömberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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| Posted: Thu 28 Jan '21 9:58 Post subject: |
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Hello,
if I change the last line of your code to
| Code: | | print_r( array_merge($arra, $arrb)); |
the result on my PHP 7.3.19 is
| Code: | Array
(
[54984941951919] => aa
[549849419519193] => bb
) |
which seems to be the result you are expecting.
According to documentation at https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-merge.php
| Quote: | | ... Values in the input arrays with numeric keys will be renumbered with incrementing keys starting from zero in the result array. |
If in your test the ' are missing around the keys they are treated as numeric keys which results in the return-data you've posted. |
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spser
Joined: 29 Aug 2016
Posts: 97
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| Posted: Fri 29 Jan '21 3:52 Post subject: |
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I tested it under php8.0.1.
PHP 7.3.19 returns weird. |
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mraddi
Joined: 27 Jun 2016
Posts: 152
Location: Schömberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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| Posted: Fri 29 Jan '21 9:40 Post subject: |
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Tested again on different plattforms and:
Wow!
On my Raspberry with PHP 7.3.19 I received the results as described above.
But on other servers running 7.4.14 (directly on Windows; in Docker), 7.3.26 (in Docker), 8.0.1 (in Docker) and even 7.3.19 (in Docker, too) I get the same results as you. So my Raspberry was the only one with the expected result!
I read through the comments on PHP's documentation https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-merge.php and 16 years ago a person named "Alec Solway" mentioned the same behaviour we are experiencing now.
From my point of view it is a bug (at least a bug in documentation) as the behaviour does not comply with the documentation. So I have filed a bug https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80685 . Let's see what is happening  .
As a workaround you can use the + operator in your case
| Code: | | print_r( $arra + $arrb ); |
instead of
| Code: | | print_r( array_merge($arra + $arrb) ); |
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mraddi
Joined: 27 Jun 2016
Posts: 152
Location: Schömberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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| Posted: Sun 31 Jan '21 15:57 Post subject: |
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Hi,
learned something new today (from the response to the bug-report) - the behaviour IS documented in PHP's documentation - but in the general information about arrays https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php#language.types.array.syntax.array-func (instead of within the array_merge-documentation)
| Quote: | Additionally the following key casts will occur:
Strings containing valid decimal ints, unless the number is preceded by a + sign, will be cast to the int type. E.g. the key "8" will actually be stored under 8. On the other hand "08" will not be cast, as it isn't a valid decimal integer. |
On my old Raspberry (a Raspberry2 running 32-bit-Raspbian) the keys were not casted to integers as they are outside the 32-bit-range. |
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James Blond
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