Bug #76470 [Opn->Nab]: count(false)===1

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76470&edit=1 ID: 76470 Updated by: requinix@php.net Reported by: mordyg at gmail dot com Summary: count(false)===1 -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Variables related Operating System: N/A PHP Version: 7.1.18 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php http://php.net/manual/en/function.count.php > Returns the number of elements in array_or_countable. When the parameter is neither an array > nor an object with > implemented Countable interface, 1 will be returned. There is one exception, if > array_or_countable is NULL, 0 > will be returned. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-06-13 13:59:18] mordyg at gmail dot com Just to clarify .. count(null) ===0 So if you say this is not a bug as it a non-countable, then you have a new bug, that count(null) should be 1, not 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-06-13 13:53:50] mordyg at gmail dot com Description: ------------ https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/ext/standard/array.c#L829 [] is falsey, so count(false) should equal count([]) Code shows otherwise. Test script: --------------- echo []?'Y':'N'; // outputs N echo false?'Y':'N'; //outputs N echo count([])?'Y':'N'; //outputs N echo count(false)?'Y':'N'; //outputs Y ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76470&edit=1