Re: Found a PHP bug!!!!!!!!!

Yea, it's too bad that not many people know about it. I first asked and they told me it is done automatically. That was 3 years ago. I never had a problem for 3 years until now. So, I'm going back to the old way as I did in Javascript and C programming. I first started PHP 3 years ago, so it's no wonder why there's all the confusion when I was just an innocent victim. :-) "Cal Evans" <cal@calevans.com> wrote in message news:FLEGKEMHDIDDEJOGHHNFKEOFJLAA.cal@calevans.com... > John. > > > Actually, "08" is equal to 8 in PHP. PHP will convert the string to an > >integer and the two will compare as equal. > > No they are not equal. Yes, PHP will do the conversion so that they are > equal. That does not refute the fact that logically '08' != 8. > > > > Someone already posted why the problem was happening, because the numbers > > were being converted to invalid octal numbers and being set to zero. > > I understand the problem at hand. (and did when I posted) However, if Scott > had been doing the conversions manually, he would never have run across this > problem. It is a bad idea to rely on the language (whatever the language) > to do automatic variable conversions. > > =C= >