Bug #52919 [NEW]: if does not work properly of strlen even if typecasted

From: Operating system: Centos 5.5 PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:if does not work properly of strlen even if typecasted Description: ------------ IF does not produce correct result when strlen is used to calculate length of a string which is an integer Test script: --------------- //IF does not seem to evaluate properly $row['number'] = 700; //in my case if was value retrieved from mysql // force typecasting $number = (string)$row['number']; if(strlen(trim($number)) > 7) { print "CHECK IF"; } else { print "CHECK ELSE"; } //It will always print "CHECK ELSE" where strlen($number)=3 (computes correctly) // where 3 > 7 is false -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52919&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52919&r=mysqlcfg