Bug #44999 [Com]: 0 equals any string
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=44999&edit=1
ID: 44999
Comment by: bugs dot php dot net at simoneast dot net
Reported by: ethan dot nelson at ltd dot org
Summary: 0 equals any string
Status: Not a bug
Type: Bug
Package: Scripting Engine problem
Operating System: windows 2003
PHP Version: 5.2.6
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
This is quite ridiculous. Can this 'feature' of PHP *please* be reconsidered?
Previous Comments:
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[2008-05-14 22:25:51] ethan dot nelson at ltd dot org
I don't recall PHP ever behaving that way.
So how do you alter a switch statement to use the identical operator instead of equivalency?
It seems somewhat odd that any text character would be equvalent to integer 0. As I remember the
chart it was something like:
0 == '0' true
0 == '' true
0 == null true
0 == false true
0 == 'text' false
Basically if we are going to treat any string as equivalent to 0, the switch statement becomes
useless when iterating through arrays unless you first strip key names of integer 0.
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[2008-05-14 22:20:01] cellog@php.net
see Bug #44990 for explanation
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[2008-05-14 21:51:49] ethan dot nelson at ltd dot org
Description:
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Right now, 0 compared to any string will prove true.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
if (0 == 'anystring') echo "True";
else echo "False";
?>
Expected result:
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False
Actual result:
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True
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