Bug #17180 Updated: Operator Precedence

From: Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 21:48:55 +0000
Subject: Bug #17180 Updated: Operator Precedence
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ID: 17180 Updated by: manuzhai@php.net Reported By: sitnikov@infonet.ee Status: Open Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem PHP Version: 4.2.0 New Comment: "if (!$a = foo(FALSE))" --> you're assigning the output of foo(FALSE) to $a "if (!$a == foo(FALSE))" --> you're comparing !$a and foo(FALSE) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-13 09:36:32] sitnikov@infonet.ee Why & How this code will work? <? function foo($flag) { return $flag; } $a=TRUE; echo "if (!\$a = foo(FALSE))) is "; if (!$a = foo(FALSE)) echo "true"; else echo "false"; echo "\n"; var_dump($a); echo "\n"; ?> Output: if (!$a = foo(FALSE))) is true bool(false) http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.php "Operator Precedence" ! has more precedence than = And after ! we must have boolean constant in left side: FALSE = foo() Explain to me pls that I do not understand P.S. in C & Perl (!$a = foo()) is not valid expression ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17180&edit=1

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