#43339 [NEW]: 2 == true returns true is confusing.

From: ken at smallboxsoftware dot net Operating system: PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: 2 == true returns true is confusing. Description: ------------ It is not very intuitive to me that 2 == true returns true. Especially since echo true displays 1 on the screen. I would rather see a boolean casted to an integer than an integer casted to a boolean during comparison, but this would probably cause compatibility issues. Failing that, perhaps if echoing a boolean value it should display either true or false instead of 0 or 1? Then you wouldn't be left thinking that these are integers at their core as they are in C. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43339&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43339&r=mysqlcfg