#37656 [NEW]: Incorrect switch example

From: stevepburke at hotmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Incorrect switch example Description: ------------ In the documentation for the 'switch' statement, there is an example by scott at firefallpro dot com dated 22-Dec-2005 03:01. In his second example, it doesn't seem to work properly unless the switch statement is "switch(true)" and not "switch($x)" Reproduce code: --------------- Example: <?php $x = 0; switch($x) { case $x === "a": echo "a"; break; case $x === "b": echo "b"; break; default echo "default"; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- default Actual result: -------------- a -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37656&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37656&r=mysqlcfg