Bug #52694 [NEW]: Or operator inconsistency

From: Operating system: Linux Fedora 13 PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Or operator inconsistency Description: ------------ The logical operator 'or' and the operator '||' produce different values, which is inconsistent with the description and the examples presented in the PHP website. However, when returning from a function, the inconsistency is even more problematic. The operator 'or', when used in a statement (e.g., assignment), returns the first value that is not false. However, when used as a return expression the returned value is either true or false. Test script: --------------- <?php function f() { return 'ola' || 'adeus'; } function p() { return 'ola' or 'adeus'; } $a = 'ola' || 'adeus'; $b = 'ola' or 'adeus'; echo $a . "\n"; echo $b . "\n"; echo f() . "\n"; echo p() . "\n"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- 1 ola 1 ola Actual result: -------------- 1 ola 1 1 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52694&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52694&r=mysqlcfg