#26071 [Bgs]: Number 0 is equal to any string.

ID: 26071 User updated by: flood87 at hot dot ee Reported By: flood87 at hot dot ee Status: Bogus Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 5.0.0b1 (beta1) New Comment: Oh, sorry. I did look through the documentation, but didn't find the needed page. For those, who have the same problem, the needed page is http://www.php.net/manual/en/types.comparisons.php . Thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-11-01 15:17:04] iliaa@php.net 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 Use === ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-11-01 15:10:52] flood87 at hot dot ee Description: ------------ The bug takes place in versions of php from 4 to 5. Because of some reasons number 0 is equated with any string. The equal operator (==) is used. The problem is well illustrated with the "Reproduce code". Reproduce code: --------------- $i = 0; $b = $i == "str"; var_dump($b); Expected result: ---------------- bool(false) Actual result: -------------- bool(true) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26071&edit=1