2009/3/2 Scott MacVicar <sc...@macvicar.net>: > Richard Quadling wrote: >> 2009/3/2 Scott MacVicar <sc...@macvicar.net>: >>> Richard Quadling wrote: >>>> Hi. >>>> >>>> Regarding http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=47493, I've supplied a patch >>>> to the unit tests too. >>>> >>>> Any chance this could get committed to 5.2+ >>>> >>> I'm too convinced of the parameter name and I don't think its something >>> that should be added to 5.2.9 since its a feature. >>> >>> Scott >>> >> >> 5.3+ would be OK then. >> >> As to the param name, I'm not actually changing the name, just adding >> another flag. >> >> In javascript's terminology,the output is an array ... >> >> [] >> >> or a hash >> >> {} >> >> So forcing a hash for arrays is pretty much what would be wanted and I >> as I comment in the request, we have a "force" option when coming FROM >> json data ... json_decode ( string $json [, bool $assoc= false [, int >> $depth= 512 ]] ) >> >> And the "name" of the param here is appropriate to PHP's use (assoc is >> not part of JSON's or JS's terminology). >> >> If you can think of a better name for the flag, then I'd be glad to use it. >> > > The JSON spec refers to them as arrays or objects though, as does our > documentation I believe. > > PHP_JSON_FORCE_OBJECT > > I however have another patch for more strict encoding so I'll try to > roll this in a single update. > > Scott >
First of all, this isn't a "why is this not done yet" message. Honestly. Do you have any timeframe for this though? Do you think it will be ready for 5.3RC1? Thank you, Richard Quadling. -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
