Re: [RFC] Saner string to number comparisons

Op di 26 feb. 2019 om 13:27 schreef Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com>: > Hi internals, > > I think it is well known that == in PHP is a pretty big footgun. It doesn't > have to be. I think that type juggling comparisons in a language like PHP > have some merit, it's just that the particular semantics of == in PHP make > it so dangerous. The biggest WTF factor is probably that 0 == "foobar" > returns true. > > I'd like to bring forward an RFC for PHP 8 to change the semantics of == > and other non-strict comparisons, when used between a number and a string: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/string_to_number_comparison > > ... > > Regards, > Nikita > Dear All, From a user-space POV this is a very good way forward and I (personally) really like the proposal of having a transitional period (7.4 anyone?) As of the 0 == "" bit: I do think that an empty string is widespread regarded as falsey-string... Thus 0 == "" sould IMHO return true... Just my 2 cents, keep up the excellent Nikita! (and everyone else ofcourse) Regards, Robin