Bug #45712 [Com]: $something == NaN returns true with 5.3, false with 5.2.*

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45712&edit=1 ID: 45712 Comment by: jwvdveer at gmail dot com Reported by: for-bugs at hnw dot jp Summary: $something == NaN returns true with 5.3, false with 5.2.* Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: Variables related Operating System: * PHP Version: 5.2CVS, 5.3CVS, 6CVS (2008-08-05) Assigned To: tony2001 Block user comment: N New Comment: Please, reopen this bug. It's not working in PHP 5.3.3 on Windows platform (released at 2010-07-21). The behaviour of a comparison to NAN is the same as noted here. It's not just a me too, but this thread shouln't have been closed. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-07 08:36:33] tony2001@php.net This bug has been fixed in CVS. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-07 07:37:04] tony2001@php.net I'm testing a patch for it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-05 12:52:06] for-bugs at hnw dot jp NaN is not exact number. So, NaN should not equals itself. Additionaly, NaN == NaN is false in C. You can see behavior of C as follows. $ cat nan.c int main() {double d;d=(-1e300*1e300)/(1e300*1e300);if (d==d) return 1; else return 2;} $ gcc nan.c; ./a.out; echo $? 2 $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-05 12:33:17] jani@php.net That $nan == $nan should be true. (like it is with 5.3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-05 02:39:58] for-bugs at hnw dot jp Description: ------------ There is == operator's problem dealing with NaN(Not a Number) in PHP 5.3.0alpha1. This behavior is different with PHP 5.0.0-5.2.6, so this is compatibility problem. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $nan = (-1e300*1e300)/(1e300*1e300); // float(NAN) var_dump($nan==''); var_dump($nan==0.5); var_dump($nan==50); var_dump($nan=='500'); var_dump($nan=='abc'); var_dump($nan==$nan); Expected result: ---------------- bool(false) bool(false) bool(false) bool(false) bool(false) bool(false) Actual result: -------------- bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) bool(true) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45712&edit=1