Re: array key's: which is correct?

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Tanel Tammik wrote:
Hi,

which one is correct or "better"?

$array[3] = '';
or
$array['3'] = '';

$i = 7;

$array[$i] = '';
or
$array["$i"] = '';

Sometimes it is good to illustrate the correct answer:

<?php

$array = array
(
    '1'     => '1',
    '2'     => '2',
    'three' => 'three',
    '4.0'   => '4.0',
    5.0     => 5.0,
);

var_dump( array_keys( $array ) );

?>

The answer is surprising (well, not really :) and certainly advocates against making literal strings of integers or manually converting a string integer to a real integer or using floating point keys.

Cheers,
Rob.
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