Bug #70669 [NEW]: Strings starting with a '+' == 0

From: wayne at huntedcow dot com Operating system: any PHP version: 5.6.14 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Strings starting with a '+' == 0 Description: ------------ Any string starting with a '+' character is resolved as 0 for the purposes of an == check. This resulted in my if ($value == '+TIMESTAMP') coming out true, when $value = 0. Test script: --------------- echo (0 == '+' ? 'TRUE' : 'FALSE'); Expected result: ---------------- FALSE Actual result: -------------- TRUE -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70669&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70669&r=mysqlcfg