#41756 [NEW]: Comparison operator shows invalid result (with some characters ) Urgent !!

From: Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:01:12 +0000
Subject: #41756 [NEW]: Comparison operator shows invalid result (with some characters ) Urgent !!
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From: vinod dot lakhanpal at gmail dot com Operating system: linux PHP version: 4.4.7 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: Comparison operator shows invalid result (with some characters ) Urgent !! Description: ------------ Hi Just try this $tmp="flight&Hotel&Car"; if($tmp=="flight&Hotel&Car"){ echo "Hello vinod"; }else{ echo "Bye vinod"; } to your surprise it will display "Bye vinod" where as it should have displayed "Hello vinod". Its really astonishing that nobody pointed this error in php. Reproduce code: --------------- $tmp="flight&Hotel&Car"; if($tmp=="flight&Hotel&Car"){ echo "Hello vinod"; }else{ echo "Bye vinod"; } Expected result: ---------------- Hello vinod Actual result: -------------- Bye vinod -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41756&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41756&r=mysqlcfg

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