Re: Bug #12453: comparing 0=="null" is true?
| From: | teo at gecadsoftware dot com | Date: | Sun, 29 Jul 2001 18:39:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Bug #12453: comparing 0=="null" is true? | ||
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Hi btanner!
On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, btanner@home.com wrote:
> From: btanner@home.com
> Operating system: Win2k
> PHP version: 4.0.6
> PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem
> Bug description: comparing 0=="null" is true?
>
> If you compare the integer(0) to the string "null", PHP thinks they are the
> same.
>
> Am I hopped up on goofballs, or whats up here?
>
> $MyVar=0;
> if($MyVar=="null")
> print("apparently $MyVar is equal to \"null\"");
try intval("null") to see why
$MyVar isn't converted to string, "null" is converted to int.
-- teodor