#38785 [Opn->Csd]: float to string cast is always subject to locale settings

ID: 38785 Updated by: bjori@php.net Reported By: m dot kurzyna at crystalpoint dot pl -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.1.6 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: bjori 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. Added a note from strtod(3) to php.net/language.types.string Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-09-12 08:40:50] tony2001@php.net Reclassified as docu problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-09-12 00:05:25] m dot kurzyna at crystalpoint dot pl Wrong version in prevous comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-09-12 00:04:46] m dot kurzyna at crystalpoint dot pl This behaviour is more general - it applyes to any float to string conversion wether it's explicit or implicit. There are some bugreports on this already though all are bound to some concrete functions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-09-11 23:35:49] m dot kurzyna at crystalpoint dot pl Description: ------------ Stripslashes seems to be locale specific. It changes decimal point character when used in enviroment with locales set. I'm not shure is this a feature or a bug but it's something unexpected as it's not mensioned in the manual as far as I know. And it's easy to criple database input with this. As a locale to observe this behaviour one can set probably enything that uses comma rather then dot for decimal point. Reproduce code: --------------- $float = 0.10; // $float is now float 0.10 setlocale(LC_ALL,'C'); $r = stripslashes($float); // $r is now string "0.10" setlocale(LC_ALL,'pl_PL'); $r = stripslashes($float); // $r is now string "0,10" Expected result: ---------------- No change in decimalpoint or explicit note in documentation. Actual result: -------------- Provided in code example - change of decimal point character. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38785&edit=1