#25763 [Opn->WFx]: Why the string "1.10" is equal to the string "1.1"?

ID: 25763 Updated by: pollita@php.net Reported By: jparneodo at yahoo dot fr -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Bug Type: Strings related Operating System: RH7.2 PHP Version: 4.3.3 New Comment: Answer: Because PHP is a loose-typed lanague. == will evaluate to TRUE if the two values CAN be shown to be equal within reason. Calling 1.1 equal to 1.10 is within reason. You clearly know about the === comparison type so I won't bother pointing that out. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-10-06 14:08:02] jparneodo at yahoo dot fr Description: ------------ I excepted true if one of the compared variable was numeric, because of type juggling rules (Appendix K. PHP type comparison tables), but false when the 2 variables are string. In this case == and === must have the same result. Reproduce code: --------------- $a=(string)"1.1"; $b=(string)"1.10"; if($a==$b) echo "equal"; else echo "different"; Expected result: ---------------- different Actual result: -------------- equal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25763&edit=1