#45297 [Bgs]: Problem when comparing casted strings

ID: 45297 User updated by: wittstruck at mediafinanz dot de Reported By: wittstruck at mediafinanz dot de Status: Bogus Bug Type: Strings related Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 5.2.6 New Comment: !== will output the expected result, because the types are different, not because the content itself is different. but you're right - when casting $doubleAmount to string afterwards everything is working as expected. even though this is (at least to me) a bug - a conversion from a string to a double will change the string, a conversion from a double to string works without changing the content of the double. so when comparing a double with a string, the double should be automatically casted to string - and not vice versa. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-06-18 09:23:52] colder@php.net Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Due to the volume of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not a bug. The support channels will be able to provide an explanation for you. Thank you for your interest in PHP. http://php.net/operators.comparison if you compare a double with a string, the string is translated to a double first, use !==. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-06-18 09:17:55] wittstruck at mediafinanz dot de Description: ------------ I'm casting a string to a double; afterwards the casted result does differ from the original string, but comparing them does not work properly and leads to a wrong bool. strcmp works, though. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $stringAmount = '2008-06-13 14:24:00'; $doubleAmount = (double) $stringAmount; echo 'doubleAmount: ' . $doubleAmount . ' stringAmount: ' . $stringAmount; if ($doubleAmount != $stringAmount) { echo '<br/>' . $doubleAmount . ' is not equal to' . $stringAmount; } else { echo "<br/> both are equal"; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- doubleAmount: 2008 stringAmount: 2008-06-13 14:24:00 2008 is not equal to2008-06-13 14:24:00 Actual result: -------------- doubleAmount: 2008 stringAmount: 2008-06-13 14:24:00 both are equal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45297&edit=1