Doc #76500 [Ver->Csd]: fputcsv() is ignoring the value FALSE

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76500&edit=1 ID: 76500 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: thomas at landauer dot at Summary: fputcsv() is ignoring the value FALSE -Status: Verified +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Filesystem function related Operating System: Linux Mint PHP Version: 7.1.18 Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-06-19 15:02:37] cmb@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of cmb Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=345171 Log: Fix #76500: fputcsv() is ignoring the value FALSE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-06-19 14:57:12] cmb@php.net Indeed, this is not a bug, since (string)false === ''. The docs could be improved in this regard, though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-06-19 14:41:36] haseeb dot basil at gmail dot com This doesn't sound like a bug, it is possible for false to be interpreted as null rather than 0. You can probably do something like this to get 0(adjust according to your actual code): Script: --------------------- $data = array('name'=>'foo', 'active'=> (int)false); $f = fopen('php://memory', 'r+'); fputcsv($f, $data); rewind($f); echo stream_get_contents($f); Result: -------------------------- foo,0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-06-19 14:32:15] thomas at landauer dot at Description: ------------ When a data value is false, fputcsv() just omits it - instead of exporting it as 0. Test script: --------------- $data = array('name'=>'foo', 'active'=>false); $f = fopen('php://memory', 'r+'); fputcsv($f, $data); rewind($f); echo stream_get_contents($f); Expected result: ---------------- foo,0 Actual result: -------------- foo, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76500&edit=1