#42154 [NEW]: settype() change data without warning!

From: tjibbe at rijpma dot org Operating system: linux PHP version: 5.2.3 PHP Bug Type: *General Issues Bug description: settype() change data without warning! Description: ------------ The function gettype() changes your data without any notice of warning! In the documentation it is also not mentioned that settype($var, 'int') has a max of 2147483647 Reproduce code: --------------- <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); $var = '12345678901234567890'; settype($var, 'int'); echo $var; ?> Expected result: ---------------- 12345678901234567890 or WARNING: settype() too big integer Actual result: -------------- 2147483647 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42154&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42154&r=mysqlcfg