#24891 [Bgs]: Decimal equality incorrect result

ID: 24891 User updated by: jeff at tmtrading dot com Reported By: jeff at tmtrading dot com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Win2000 & RH Linux 8.0 PHP Version: 4CVS-2003-07-31 (stable) New Comment: This is stupid. PHP is a loosely typed language, it's not frick'n C! If I don't have to declarde my variables, I should be able to count on the language to fix things for my automagically. Python and Perl are esentailly in the same language category as PHP. Loosely typed languages should handle these situations automatically. Where can I find information on why the decision was made to do things so stupidly? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-07-31 13:35:13] sniper@php.net RTFM: http://fi2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.float.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-07-31 13:32:22] jeff at tmtrading dot com Description: ------------ When I try to test equality using these numbers php incorrectly returns false. This is a serious problem as we are developing a e-cart in php. Reproduce code: --------------- $all = 0.92; $asum = 0.71; $bsum = 0.21; if($all == ($asum + $bsum)) { print "TRUE\n"; } else { print "FALSE\n"; } Expected result: ---------------- TRUE Actual result: -------------- FALSE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24891&edit=1