Bug #80104 [NEW]: PHP8 comparison greater than results in true for non-numeric string

From: gielwijgergangs at gmail dot com Operating system: any PHP version: 8.0.0beta3 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:PHP8 comparison greater than results in true for non-numeric string Description: ------------ PHP8 comparison results in true where previous php versions do not Check script at: https://3v4l.org/lsJkL The result is the same when $val = 'someprefix'; Not sure whether this is a bug of intended in php8!? Test script: --------------- <?php $val = 'someprefix3333'; if($val > 0){ echo $val . ' is greater than 0'; } else { echo $val . ' is NOT greater than 0'; } Expected result: ---------------- someprefix3333 is NOT greater than 0 Actual result: -------------- someprefix3333 is greater than 0 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80104&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80104&r=mysqlcfg