Req #52813 [Fbk->NoF]: Filter Vars Missing Types (Update Types)

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52813&edit=1 ID: 52813 Updated by: php-bugs@lists.php.net Reported by: takingsides at gmail dot com Summary: Filter Vars Missing Types (Update Types) -Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Filter related PHP Version: * Private report: N New Comment: No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-01-10 21:55:24] danack@php.net Hi, Making this change would be a backwards compatibility break, as suddenly people who have code that expects "T" and "Y" to produce false, would suddenly find their code was behaving differently. If you still think this behaviour change is a good idea, then you should discuss it as a change in the PHP internals mailing list (http://php.net/mailing-lists.php) and then raise an RFC for the change to be made. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-09-10 16:46:16] takingsides at gmail dot com Description: ------------ I have been through one of the filter_vars() functions and have found some attributes missing from the list... The documentation states: "Returns TRUE for "1", "true", "on" and "yes"." However I feel this needs to be extended further to allocate two more attributes to be triggered at "TRUE" there are... "T" and "Y" (T = true, Y = Yes) Test script: --------------- <?php $str = "1"; var_dump(filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN)); // output: true $str = "yes"; var_dump(filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN)); // output: true $str = "on"; var_dump(filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN)); // output: true $str = true; var_dump(filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN)); // output: true // missing (potential bug): $str = "t"; var_dump(filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN)); // output: false (should be true, t = true) $str = "y"; var_dump(filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN)); // output: false (should be true, y = true) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52813&edit=1