RE: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #6738: If statement not liking 0

> I was talking this over with joey smith on IRC (Efnet/#php) > I think this pretty much explains: > > [msg(TML)] define ("NULL_CONSTANT", 0); > [msg(TML)] print (0 == NULL_CONSTANT) ? "0=0" : "0 != 0?!?!?!?"; > [msg(TML)] returns 0=0 > [msg(TML)] if (0 = NULL_CONSTANT) { } > [msg(TML)] thats what the guy got. > [msg(TML)] if ($testvar = 0) { } would evaluate to $testvar being 0, being > false. > [msg(TML)] what he's doing is an assignment > [msg(TML)] basically its this: > [msg(TML)] $testvar = 0; > [msg(TML)] if ($testvar) { } I don't think this is a bug if ($testvar = 0) { } would always evaluate true because the syntax is incorrect if ($testvar == 0) { } is the correct IF statement to use. Sincerely, Craig Vincent ------------------------- Senior Programmer Jazzmonkey Media Inc. http://www.jazzmonkey.com -------------------------