Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54547&edit=1
ID: 54547
Updated by: pajoye@php.net
Reported by: peter dot ritt at gmx dot net
Summary: wrong equality of string numbers
Status: Verified
Type: Bug
Package: Unknown/Other Function
Operating System: linux
PHP Version: 5.3.6
Assigned To: dmitry
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
@a at hotmail dot com
This is not a support channel, if you need further support for the base ideas
about the loosely type nature of PHP, please ask them on one the numerous
channels.
Previous Comments:
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[2012-04-12 06:39:30] pajoye@php.net
@a at hotmail dot com
This is not a support channel, if you need further support for the base ideas
about the loosely type nature of PHP, please ask them on one the numerous
channels.
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[2012-04-12 05:42:53] a at hotmail dot com
@pajoye@php.net
How about *you* staying polite with your users by actually fixing your bugs? Can you imagine how
much time is wasted worldwide as a consequence of your shortsighted "design" decisions?
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[2012-04-11 13:36:46] pajoye@php.net
@nik at naturalnet dot de
Please stay polite with other developers.
Please keep in mind that PHP is loosely typed, this is a root principle of PHP.
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[2012-04-11 13:12:14] nik at naturalnet dot de
*Why* the heck is that implicit cast even done?
Are PHP developers really _that_ absent-minded that they cannot write actual number literals when
they want them (i.e. leave out the '')?
I expect any programming language to use the data types I give it, not something it likes more!
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[2012-04-11 10:52:06] hholzgra@php.net
On "0xFF" == 255:
since when do we actually consider hex in strings as numeric?
And is this actually documented?
The
The "String conversion to numbers" section in the manual says:
"Valid numeric data is an optional sign, followed by one or more digits (optionally containing
a decimal point), followed by an optional exponent. The exponent is an 'e' or
'E' followed by one or more digits."
(
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.conversion
)
By that description 0xsomething would *not* be considered
as numeric in a string context ...
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