Bug #54547 [Com]: wrong equality of string numbers

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54547&edit=1 ID: 54547 Comment by: Jeff at bobmail dot info 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: I'm confused as to why there is even a conversation around "should we fix this". The data objects are strings. Sure, PHP is "loosely typed" but shouldn't it do the comparison you tell it to do first before attempting anything else? I agree with the previous suggestion: make it a real string comparison and drop the type casting. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-04-12 06:39:31] 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54547 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54547&edit=1