Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #9186 Updated: string compare with "==" does not work correctly

Zeev Suraski wrote: > At 17:59 9/2/2001, tom.anheyer@berlinonline.de wrote: > >ID: 9186 > >User Update by: tom.anheyer@berlinonline.de > >Status: Bogus > >Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem > >Description: string compare with "==" does not work correctly > > > >I think there is no reason to convert any type if both > >operands of the comparision are of the same type. It costs > >time and it's completely not necessary. This is a bug. > > No, it's not a bug. It's definitely an intended behavior. > PHP does it's best to do the 'right thing' in the most common > cases. Because of the way it works, effectively, comparing strings that > 'look like numbers' as if they were numbers makes life much, much easier. > If you want to enforce a string comparison, use strcmp(). We should document this behavior then - it could lead to problems that are very hard to track down! --zak