diff --git a/ext/dba/dba.c b/ext/dba/dba.c
index a70951467be5..5f305b8b89ba 100644
--- a/ext/dba/dba.c
+++ b/ext/dba/dba.c
@@ -92,41 +92,44 @@ ZEND_GET_MODULE(dba)
 /* {{{ php_dba_make_key */
 static zend_string* php_dba_make_key(const HashTable *key)
 {
-	zval *group, *name;
-	zend_string *group_str, *name_str;
-	HashPosition pos;
-
-	if (zend_hash_num_elements(key) != 2) {
-		zend_argument_error(NULL, 1, "must have exactly two elements: \"key\" and \"name\"");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	// TODO: Use ZEND_HASH_FOREACH_VAL() API?
-	zend_hash_internal_pointer_reset_ex(key, &pos);
-	group = zend_hash_get_current_data_ex(key, &pos);
-	group_str = zval_try_get_string(group);
-	if (!group_str) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	zend_hash_move_forward_ex(key, &pos);
-	name = zend_hash_get_current_data_ex(key, &pos);
-	name_str = zval_try_get_string(name);
-	if (!name_str) {
-		zend_string_release_ex(group_str, false);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	// TODO: Check ZSTR_LEN(name) != 0
-	if (ZSTR_LEN(group_str) == 0) {
-		zend_string_release_ex(group_str, false);
-		return name_str;
-	}
-
-	zend_string *key_str = zend_strpprintf(0, "[%s]%s", ZSTR_VAL(group_str), ZSTR_VAL(name_str));
-	zend_string_release_ex(group_str, false);
-	zend_string_release_ex(name_str, false);
-	return key_str;
+    zval *zv;
+    zend_string *group_str = NULL, *name_str = NULL;
+    int i = 0;
+
+    if (zend_hash_num_elements(key) != 2) {
+        zend_argument_error(NULL, 1, "must have exactly two elements: \"key\" and \"name\"");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    ZEND_HASH_FOREACH_VAL(key, zv) {
+        zend_string *tmp = zval_try_get_string(zv);
+        if (!tmp) {
+            if (group_str) zend_string_release(group_str);
+            if (name_str) zend_string_release(name_str);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        if (i++ == 0) {
+            group_str = tmp;
+        } else {
+            name_str = tmp;
+        }
+    } ZEND_HASH_FOREACH_END();
+
+    if (ZSTR_LEN(group_str) == 0) {
+        zend_string_release(group_str);
+        return name_str;  
+    }
+
+    zend_string *key_str = zend_strpprintf(
+        0, "[%s]%s",
+        ZSTR_VAL(group_str), ZSTR_VAL(name_str)
+    );
+
+    zend_string_release(group_str);
+    zend_string_release(name_str);
+
+    return key_str;
 }
 /* }}} */
 
diff --git a/ext/dba/tests/dba_insert_numeric_keys.phpt b/ext/dba/tests/dba_insert_numeric_keys.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..298beb85a4c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/dba/tests/dba_insert_numeric_keys.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+--TEST--
+dba_insert should correctly handle numeric array-like keys (php_dba_make_key)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+dba
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/setup/setup_dba_tests.inc';
+check_skip_any();
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/setup/setup_dba_tests.inc';
+$name = 'array_keys_db.db';
+
+$db = get_any_db($name);
+
+/* insert using numeric keys */
+$a = [];
+$a[1] = 'blah';
+$a[0] = 'foo';
+dba_insert($a, "abc", $db);
+
+echo dba_fetch($a, $db) . PHP_EOL;
+
+$a = [];
+$a[0] = 'foo';
+$a['bar'] = 'baz';
+
+dba_insert($a, "mixed", $db);
+echo dba_fetch($a, $db) . PHP_EOL;
+
+$a = [];
+$a[2] = 'abc';
+$a[0] = 'foo';
+dba_insert($a, "value", $db);
+echo dba_fetch($a, $db) . PHP_EOL;
+
+dba_close($db);
+echo "OK\n";
+?>
+--CLEAN--
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/setup/setup_dba_tests.inc';
+$db_name = 'array_keys_db.db';
+cleanup_standard_db($db_name);
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Using handler: "%s"
+abc
+mixed
+value
+OK
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