#37770 [NEW]: 'For' cycle bad work

From: sorrentino at ingv dot it Operating system: Linux Slackware PHP version: 4.4.2 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: 'For' cycle bad work Description: ------------ cyclyng (with for and while) from 'A' to 'Z' the cycle doesn't stop to 'Z' but continue, passing from 'AA', 'till 'YZ' ps. the bug was submitted here too <http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=15597> on date: 18 Feb 2002 php version: 4.1.1 and is still present in php4.4.2 and in php5.2-200606091630 Reproduce code: --------------- <? for($i='A'; $i<='Z'; $i++) echo $i . ", "; ?> Expected result: ---------------- A, B, C, ..., Z Actual result: -------------- A, B, C, ..., Z, AA, AB, AC, ..., YW, YX, YY, YZ i can't post a backtrace because the program exit normally, without a crash :-( -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37770&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37770&r=mysqlcfg