#50311 [NEW]: intval() vs floatval(): same behavior but different documentation

From: php-qa at sebastianmendel dot de Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: intval() vs floatval(): same behavior but different documentation Description: ------------ the parameter and return description for floatval() and intval() differs but both behave exactly the same way floatval(): var - May be any scalar type. You cannot use floatval() on arrays or objects. intval(): var - The scalar value being converted to an integer Return Values: [...] Empty arrays and objects return 0, non-empty arrays and objects return 1. but both functions are accepting array as var and throw notice on objects Reproduce code: --------------- echo intval(array()); // 0 echo intval(array(1,2,3)); // 1 echo intval(new stdClass); // 1 Notice: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to int in php shell code on line 1 echo floatval(array()); // 0 echo floatval(array(1,2,3)); // 1 echo floatval(new stdClass); // 1 Notice: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to double in php shell code on line 1 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50311&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50311&r=mysqlcfg