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

Double and Float are not exactly the same thing. Double is ---> 11.123 Float is ------> .00238823993 "Leif K-Brooks" <eurleif@buyer-brokerage.com> wrote in message news:3E359A94.7070406@buyer-brokerage.com... > No, it's floatval. Doubleval is an alias left over from hwen floats > were called doubles... > > Scott Fletcher wrote: > > >Whoop! FOund it, it is doubleval()... > > > > > >What does settype() do exactly???? > > > > > >"Scott Fletcher" <scott@abcoa.com> wrote in message > >news:20030127203843.29862.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > > > > >>I do know that integer, string, double, float, etc.... are different.. I > >>have been using hte appropriate method like in javascript and c > >> > >> > >programming, > > > > > >>like converting it to integer and so on.... But when I start using PHP, I > >>find no such document of it and I have been using it for 3 years without a > >>problem. I asked people is there such a thing as converting it by using > >> > >> > >the > > > > > >>function and they told me there is no such a thing and that it is done > >>automatically... Now my time is a little bit wasted. So, I will correct > >>the problem with the php script... > >> > >>I recently looked up on the manual as Jason Wong instructed me to. I > >>havne't found the answer since the document is a little bit mixed up. > >> > >>Okay, I'm going back to my old way as I did in javascript and c > >> > >> > >programming. > > > > > >>So for php, it would be > >> > >>floatval() for float... > >>strval() for string.... > >>settype() for whatever...... > >>intval() for integer.... > >> > >>Um, what about double??? > >> > >>Thanks, > >> Scott F. > >> > >>"Chris Hayes" <chayes@antenna.nl> wrote in message > > >>>>news:5.1.1.6.0.20030127211703.014c47f8@pop4.antenna.nl... > >> > >> > >>> >Re: [PHP] Found a PHP bug!!!!!!!!! > >>>uh oh... > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I don't see why a string wouldn't work when I use "08" > >>>>(string) and > >>>> > >>>> > >match > > > > > >>it > >> > >> > >>>>against the integer 8, or 08. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>They're just different types. Normally PHP is veeery flexible with > >>>types, like javascript, but it just can't be flexible for you here > >>> > >>> > >>because > >> > >> > >>>it needs to choose the most logic to the entire pool of programmers, and > >>> > >>> > >>then > >> > >> > >>>"08" = a string > >>> 8 = a decimal integer > >>> 08 = by definition an impossible octal integer, so 0. > >>> > >>>Since you cannot tell PHP that $var is of a certain type like in [other] > >>>programming languages, for example you want it to be treated as an > >>> > >>> > >>integer, > >> > >> > >>>PHP will handle it as what seems to be the most logic. > >>> > >>> > >>>You can try to use intval (does not alter a variable, only the value as > >>> > >>> > >it > > > > > >>>is used in a calculation or an if() statement) or settype (alters the > >>>variable). > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>"Kirk Johnson" <kjohnson@zootweb.com> wrote in message > > >>>>>>>>news:B11731D518B5D61183C700A0C98BE0D9FFBE5D@chef... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>>>From: Scott Fletcher [mailto:scott@abcoa.com] > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Found a PHP bug, I'm using PHP version 4.2.3. I have been > >>>>>>struggling with > >>>>>>why PHP code failed to work with the month is August or > >>>>>>September > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>I stumbled into this one a short while ago myself. It is not a bug, > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>but a > >> > >> > >>>>>feature! ;) When passing values of 08 or 09 (Aug and Sep), PHP > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>interprets > >> > >> > >>>>>them as octal numbers (because of the leading 0). However, 08 and 09 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>are > >> > >> > >>>>>invalid octal numbers, so PHP converts them to zero. > >>>>> > >>>>>The fixes are numerous: > >>>>> - remove the leading zero; > >>>>> - add zero to them before passing (addition forces a type > >>>>> > >>>>> > >conversion > > > > > >>to > >> > >> > >>>>>int); > >>>>> - force a type conversion to integer using (int); > >>>>> - quote them (when PHP converts a string to an integer, it removes > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>the > >> > >> > >>>>>leading zero); > >>>>> > >>>>>Kirk > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>>>To unsubscribe, visit: > >>>>http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The above message is encrypted with double rot13 encoding. Any unauthorized attempt to decrypt it will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. > > >