note 104831 deleted from language.operators.comparison by thiago
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| Subject: | note 104831 deleted from language.operators.comparison by thiago | ||
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Note Submitter: Cuong Huy To
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Please be explicit in the table "Comparison with Various Types". There should be one table
for each of the comparison operators (9 operators ===, ==, !=, !==, <>, <, >, <=,
>=), otherwise a lot of confusions would occur.
Examples of how to build such table are the specifications for functions and operator of ECMA script
262: http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-262.pdf
Followings are some of the confusions given the unclear information in current table (PHP 5.3.3)
1) Array or Object is greater ?
In the following example, the sentence "Array is always greater" in the table is wrong.
<?php
class C {
}
$x = array();
$y = new C();
if ($x > $y) {echo 'array is greater than object';} // Nothing printed.
if ($y > $x) {echo 'object is greater than array';} // This is printed.
?>
2) Confusing string comparison
in the following example, two numeric strings cannot be compared using the trivial "<"
or ">" operator !!!
<?php
$a = "1234";
$b = "01234";
if ($a == $b) {echo 'equal';} // "equal"
if ($a === $b) {echo 'identical';} // nothing printed
if ($a < $b) {echo 'equal';} // nothing printed, as they are "equal"
if ($a > $b) {echo 'equal';} // nothing printed, as they are "equal"
?>