Bug #64376 [Nab]: Comparison does not return correct value

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64376&edit=1 ID: 64376 User updated by: ludko2 at gmail dot com Reported by: ludko2 at gmail dot com Summary: Comparison does not return correct value Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: *Programming Data Structures Operating System: win7 64bit PHP Version: 5.4.12 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: i am sorry to be that bold, but i believe it is a bug in PHP.. comparision should return the true if values are equal.. how is it that zero number is equal to any string? it is against common sense, and i believe it should be fixed.. i have revealed this in our information system that uses key zero in the array.. i believe this is used not only in our information system, and should be fixed in PHP distribution not to cause undesired bugs Could you please change the state of this bug from "not a bug" to "bug"? I believe noone wants intentionsly comparing zero to string to return true, so if you repair it, you should not affect any information systems already in place. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-03-07 21:43:50] rasmus@php.net Yes, numeric strings are intinally treated as integers for array keys to avoid the confusion you would have if you had: [0=>1, '0'=>2] If you want to compare your array keys as strings, there are plenty of ways to do that. eg. (string)$key == "c" strcmp($key, "c") "$key" == "c" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-03-07 20:32:03] ludko2 at gmail dot com I object.. I am not comparing the string to int! I am comparing an array key (that may be "0") to a string! If this is not a bug, than there is a bug, that array key is transformed to an int if it is a string! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-03-07 15:54:19] rasmus@php.net You are comparing a string to an int. Both sides are cast to int. (int)"b0123..." cast to an integer is 0. 0==0. Use === to force a strict comparison, or explicitly cast your operands to your desired type. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-03-07 12:08:45] ludko2 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Comparison between string and zero and string returns true?!? var_dump("b0180e6574921b8b8de3c40bfd046571"==0); tested on 5.4.6 win 7 64bit Test script: --------------- $arr = array("0"=>"b"); var_dump($arr);//array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "b"} foreach($arr as $k=>$v){ var_dump($k == "c"); // returns true (FAIL) } var_dump("b"==0);//returns true (FAIL) var_dump("a"==1); // returns false (OK) Expected result: ---------------- var_dump("b"==0);// expecting false Actual result: -------------- var_dump("b"==0);// returning true ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64376&edit=1