Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #6992: string "NULL" equals 0
| From: | Teodor Cimpoesu | Date: | Tue, 03 Oct 2000 15:31:38 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #6992: string "NULL" equals 0 | ||
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Hi david!
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000, david@php.net wrote:
> From: david@php.net
> Operating system: Linux
> PHP version: 4.0 Latest CVS (03/10/2000)
> PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem
> Bug description: string "NULL" equals 0
>
> The text string "NULL" compares equal to 0. This is rubbish. The string is not empty.
> NULL may compare equal to 0. The string containing NULL should not.
a string compared to an integer in converted to integer, and in this case,
it's 0 as in ("gibberish" == 0) == true;
I think you should close your bug rep.
-- teodor