#36841 [NEW]: Empty objects are false?

From: clemens at gutweiler dot net Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Empty objects are false? Description: ------------ casting empty simplexml objects to boolean, empty objects get transformed to false. Reproduce code: --------------- var_dump( $foo = simplexml_load_string( "<foo />" ) ); object(SimpleXMLElement)#1 (0) { } var_dump( (bool)simplexml_load_string( "<foo />" ) ); bool(false) var_dump( (bool)simplexml_load_string( "<foo>foo</foo>" ) ); bool(true) Expected result: ---------------- both boolean-casts should be true. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36841&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36841&r=mysqlcfg