Re: is_null() and is_string() reversed when using in switch case statements...

On 15/07/2011, at 1:58 PM, Daevid Vincent wrote: > function test($v) > { > var_dump($v); > > if (is_string($v)) echo "FOUND A STRING.\n"; > if (is_null($v)) echo "FOUND A NULL.\n"; > > switch ($v) > { > case is_string($v): > echo "I think v is a string, so this is broken.\n"; > break; > case is_null($v): > echo "I think v is null, so this is broken.\n"; > break; > case is_object($v): > $v = '{CLASS::'.get_class($v).'}'; > echo "I think v is a class $v\n"; > break; > > case is_bool($v): > $v = ($v) ? '{TRUE}' : '{FALSE}'; > echo "I think v is boolean $v\n"; > break; > case is_array($v): > $v = '['.implode(',',$v).']'; > echo "I think v is an array $v\n"; > break; > case is_numeric($v): > echo "I think v is a number $v\n"; > break; > } > } In both cases, $v is equivalent to false, so is_string(NULL) = false == NULL == $v, likewise for is_null($v); You're most likely after switch(true) { … } rather than switch($v) --- Simon Welsh Admin of http://simon.geek.nz/