#44099 [Opn->Bgs]: PHP should treat NULL values like SQL does

ID: 44099 Updated by: johannes@php.net Reported By: zy at adels dot zp dot ua -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: All PHP Version: 5.2.5 New Comment: Sorry, that would be a major change of the language desing which can't be done. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-02-11 15:45:46] zy at adels dot zp dot ua Description: ------------ Currently NULL values when used as arguments of math and comparision operations are simply converted to zero. So there is no difference between using NULL, false, 0 - this is a useless redundancy while important functionality is missing - to tread NULL values as SQL treats them. For example: NULL * $anything should be NULL, instead of 0 NULL + $anything should be NULL, instead of $anything NULL == NULL should be false, while NULL === NULL should be true If PHP has NULL value it should be used properly. Expected result: ---------------- see above ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44099&edit=1