#41119 [NEW]: range() function behavior different on PHP6 and PHP5

From: mahesh dot vemula at in dot ibm dot com Operating system: RHEL 4 PHP version: 6CVS-2007-04-17 (snap) PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: range() function behavior different on PHP6 and PHP5 Description: ------------ Output of PHP5 and PHP6 differ for range() function. The difference appears when an empty string("") is given as low value and FLOAT as high value. PHP5 gives the consistent output for an empty string and normal string, which is an "array of float elements". Whereas PHP6 treats empty and normal strings differently when high value is a FLOAT. The output of range() with an empty string("") as low value is "array of Integer elements" and with regular string as low value is "array of float elements". Environment: Operating System: RHEL 4 Linux Kernel : Linux 2.6.9 PHP Version: PHP 5.2 (Built on Apr 17, 2007 from snaps.php.net) PHP Configure Setup: ./configure Reproduce code: --------------- <?php var_dump( range("", 2.2) ); var_dump( range("string", 2.2) ); ?> Expected result: ---------------- array(3) { [0]=> float(0) [1]=> float(1) [2]=> float(2) } array(3) { [0]=> float(0) [1]=> float(1) [2]=> float(2) } Actual result: -------------- PHP5 gives the output as expected but PHP6 gives the following output: array(3) { [0]=> int(0) [1]=> int(1) [2]=> int(2) } array(3) { [0]=> float(0) [1]=> float(1) [2]=> float(2) } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41119&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41119&r=mysqlcfg