#31458 [NEW]: 0 == '%' is true?

From: falk at brockerhoff dot org Operating system: FreeBSD 5.3 PHP version: 4.3.10 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: 0 == '%' is true? Description: ------------ I got a strange problem while comparing a numeric while with the string "%". Using the numeric value 0 and the string "%" in an if-statement results with true!? Reproduce code: --------------- $foo = '%'; $bar = 0; if ($foo == $var) { echo "what the hell is going on?!\n"; } $foo = '%'; $bar = '0'; if ($foo == $var) { echo "what the hell is going on?!\n"; } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=31458&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31458&r=mysqlcfg