Re: AW: [PHP-DEV] FILTER_VALIDATE_INT and +0/-0

On Fri, 8 Feb 2013, hakre wrote: > Von: Gustavo Lopes <glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt> > > > So the question is only whether "+0" or "-0" (or > > "+0", etc.) should be accepted as integers by FILTER_VALIDATE_INT. I > > think they should, because we also accept non-canonical inputs such as > > "+5", i.e., we always accept a sign. It's true that 0 is neither > > positive or negative, but I don't think "accepts a leading sign, except > > if it's 0" is a good option. It's an unnecessary special case. > > A special case still left is "±0". It is with the 'PLUS-MINUS SIGN' > (U+00B1). PHP can't parse that as a number, so forget about adding this. cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug Posted with an email client that doesn't mangle email: alpine