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

ID: 37770 Comment by: judas dot iscariote at gmail dot com Reported By: sorrentino at ingv dot it Status: Open Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Linux Slackware PHP Version: 4.4.2 New Comment: altough this is not a bug, because this is the expected, correct behaviuor, the documentation do not mention this feature, and can be confusing for newbies. I suggest you reclassify this as a documentation problem.and read this comment http://cl2.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.for.php#42850 to get the result you expect, also make sure to ask in a support forum next time. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-09 18:51:21] sorrentino at ingv dot it 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37770&edit=1