Bug #12566 Updated: Cascaded ternaries evaluate incorrectly
| From: | jeroen@php.net | Date: | Sat, 04 Aug 2001 21:04:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Bug #12566 Updated: Cascaded ternaries evaluate incorrectly | ||
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ID: 12566
Updated by: jeroen
Reported By: nick@macaw.demon.co.uk
Status: Open
Bug Type: *Programming Data Structures
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: 4.0.6
New Comment:
Confirmed in latest CVS:
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echo TRUE ? 'one' : TRUE ? 'two' : 'unknown';
=> two
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echo TRUE ? 'one' : FALSE ? 'two' : 'unknown';
=> two
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This definitely is a bug, and IMO a serious one. A parse error would be acceptable IMO (then use (
and )), but this isn't.
Previous Comments:
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[2001-08-04 15:33:28] nick@macaw.demon.co.uk
The following emits 'two' rather than 'one' as one would expect.
$a = 1; $b = 2;
echo (($a == 1) ? 'one' :
($b == 2) ? 'two' :
'unknown');
Apologies if for PHP this unusual behaviour actually is as expected, but being counter-intuituve,
and of course inconsistent from other languages with a ?: operator, this is an undesirable result.
In 'C', the following of course outputs 'one'
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a = 1, b = 2;
puts((a == 1) ? "one" :
(b == 2) ? "two" :
"unknown");
return 0;
}
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