#30158 [NEW]: strpos doesn't work as it should

From: a dot bendilas at zefxis dot gr Operating system: WinXP SP2 PHP version: 4.3.8 PHP Bug Type: Strings related Bug description: strpos doesn't work as it should Description: ------------ Although strpos returns the position of the needle correctly, when testing the return value with a boolean operator to see if it's true, it produces the opposite result. Reproduce code: --------------- $string = 'Once upon a time in America'; $srchstring = 'time'; $position = strpos($string, $srchstring); echo 'String: '.$string.'<br />'; echo 'Search string: '.$srchstring.'<br />'; echo 'Position of search string: '.$position.'<br />'; if ((strpos($string, $srchstring) === true)) echo 'Search string is included in the original string!'; else echo 'Search string is not included in the original string!'; Expected result: ---------------- Search string is included in the original string! Actual result: -------------- Search string is not included in the original string! -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30158&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=float MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30158&r=mysqlcfg