note 75849 added to function.is-numeric

this seems not to be binary safe. I think it would be helpfull if it was ... Because checking for a GET Var like this if(!is_numeric($_GET['article_to_fetch'])) die ("dont try to inject things"); // do something important like reading articles and users ... could be really fatal if we only check with "is_numeric" or am i wrong ? ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 77.180.146.157 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.is-numeric.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/75849 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75849/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75849/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75849/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75849/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75849/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75849/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75849 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/75849 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php