Bug #70608 [Com]: Echo dosn't print false

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70608&edit=1 ID: 70608 Comment by: php at sogetthis dot com Reported by: khaweronline at gmail dot com Summary: Echo dosn't print false Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: ALL OS PHP Version: 5.6.13 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: From the documentation: "A boolean TRUE value is converted to the string "1". Boolean FALSE is converted to "" (the empty string)." http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.casting You could do: echo $a == $b ? '1' : '0'; Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-09-30 12:58:19] bwoebi@php.net var_dump((string) false); prints string(0) "", as the string representation of false is actually an empty string. Hence echoing it actually prints nothing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-09-30 12:48:35] khaweronline at gmail dot com Description: ------------ <?php $a = 12; $b = 15; echo $a==$b; // This should output false or 0, but it didn't output anything var_dump($a==$b); /* This will output Boolean false. This is just for reference that the value is false */ // We can also assign it to a variable then echo and var_dump $c = $a==$b; echo $c; // This should output false or 0, but it didn't output anything var_dump($c); /* This will output Boolean false. This is just for reference that the value is false */ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70608&edit=1