[snip] > > seems the perceived problem is being caused by something else? > Sorry, I have to respectfully disagree. I was converting all indexes to string indexes, and simply using "zend_hash_update" to re-constitute the objects and they simply did not work. When I scanned indexes strings to test for purely numeric content, and when true, used "zend_hash_index_update" instead, it worked. This behavior appears different in 5.1.X from 4.x, I can't explain it 100%, but I know that this change fixed the problem I was seeing. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php