json_encode it seems that, in the case of only one element with index =
0, it returns an incorrect result.

$array = [];
$array[0] = "Some text"

it should return (in Firefox 90.0.2)

{"0": "Some text"}

and instead returns a string like

["Some text"]

If I add other elements, like

$array[101] = "Some text 2"
$array[1234] = "Some text 3"

the result is correct:

{"0":"Some text","101":"Some text 2","1234":"Some text 3"}

Try this code:

<?php

$array=[];
$array[0]="Some text";
var_dump($array);

$json=json_encode($array);
var_dump($json);


$array=[];
$array[0]="Some text";
$array[101]="Some text 2";
$array[1234]="Some text 3";
var_dump($array);

$json=json_encode($array);
var_dump($json);



Thank's

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Torakiki:

json_encode it seems that, in the case of only one element with index =
0, it returns an incorrect result.

$array = [];
$array[0] = "Some text"

it should return (in Firefox 90.0.2)

{"0": "Some text"}

Why? $array is still just an array with one scalar element.

and instead returns a string like

["Some text"]

Which is valid json as well. This defines an array with one element.

See: <https://www.json.org/json-en.html>


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On Thu, 05 Aug 2021 18:41:04 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote:

Torakiki:

json_encode it seems that, in the case of only one element with index =
0, it returns an incorrect result.

$array = [];
$array[0] = "Some text"

it should return (in Firefox 90.0.2)

{"0": "Some text"}

Why? $array is still just an array with one scalar element.

and instead returns a string like

["Some text"]

Which is valid json as well. This defines an array with one element.

See: <https://www.json.org/json-en.html>

From that link, the OP's "unexpected" string

["Some text"]

expresses an array, which (in this case) contains one element.

Had the OP added
$array[1] = "Other text"
the results probably would have been expressed as
["Some text","Other text"]

But...

The OP changed the sequential array into a sparse array by
assigning additional elements asequentially:

$array[101] = "Some text 2"
$array[1234] = "Some text 3"

Because of the "sparseness" of this object, it can't be
expressed as a JSON array, so json_encode() encoded the
input sparse array as a JSON object.

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Why? $array is still just an array with one scalar element.

Try this (last PHP 7.4.22 x64):

<?php

$array=[];
$array[0]="Some text";
var_dump($array);

$json=json_encode($array);
var_dump($json);


$array=[];
$array[1]="Some text";
var_dump($array);

$json=json_encode($array);
var_dump($json);



you get

---------------------------------------------
array(1) {


[0]=>



string(9) "Some text"


}



string(13) "["Some text"]"




array(1) {


[1]=>



string(9) "Some text"


}



string(17) "{"1":"Some text"}" ---------------------------------------------

IMHO, seem to be a bug!

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On 05/08/2021 21:25, Torakiki wrote:

Why? $array is still just an array with one scalar element.

Try this (last PHP 7.4.22 x64):

<?php

$array=[];
$array[0]="Some text";
var_dump($array);

$json=json_encode($array);
var_dump($json);

$array=[];
$array[1]="Some text";
var_dump($array);

$json=json_encode($array);
var_dump($json);

IMHO, seem to be a bug!

nope, not a bug, just a standard how to represent different types of arrays. https://cswr.github.io/JsonSchema/spec/arrays/

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Lew Pitcher:

On Thu, 05 Aug 2021 18:41:04 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote:

Torakiki:

json_encode it seems that, in the case of only one element with index =
0, it returns an incorrect result.

$array = [];
$array[0] = "Some text"

it should return (in Firefox 90.0.2)

{"0": "Some text"}

Why? $array is still just an array with one scalar element.

and instead returns a string like

["Some text"]

Which is valid json as well. This defines an array with one element.

See: <https://www.json.org/json-en.html>

From that link, the OP's "unexpected" string

Why? The string

["some text"]

is a valid JSON array.

Also see here:

<https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com>
<http://json.parser.online.fr>

[...]

The OP changed the sequential array into a sparse array by
assigning additional elements asequentially:

$array[101] = "Some text 2"
$array[1234] = "Some text 3"

Because of the "sparseness" of this object, it can't be
expressed as a JSON array, so json_encode() encoded the
input sparse array as a JSON object.

Correct.


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Torakiki:

Why? $array is still just an array with one scalar element.

Try this (last PHP 7.4.22 x64):

<?php

$array=[];
$array[0]="Some text";
var_dump($array);

$json=json_encode($array);
var_dump($json);

$array=[];
$array[1]="Some text";
var_dump($array);

$json=json_encode($array);
var_dump($json);

you get

Can you PLEASE format your output to NOT take up so much space, thank you!

And no this is not a bug, since JSON arrays can't have keys and therefor
PHP MUST create a JSON object list instead of an array.



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