Re: PHP: array with null shows different with print_r and var_dump

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On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Sanjay Mantoor
<sanjay.mantoor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  I am new to PHP and PHP community.
>
>  Following program outputs different values with print_r and var_dump.
>
>  $array = array(null, NULL);
>
>  print_r($array); prints values like below
>  Array
>  (
>     [0] =>
>     [1] =>
>  )
>
print_r converts null, which is a variable type, like integer, string,
float, etc, into an empty string.
>  where as var_dump($array) prints values like below
>  array(2) {
>   [0]=>
>   NULL    // Does this convert to null to NULL?
null is case-insensitive, so it doesn't matter how you type it.
>   [1]=>
>   NULL
>  }
var_dump converts null into the string "NULL".
>
>  Can you tell me why the above difference?
>


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-Casey

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