Bug #74727 [NEW]: Bug in gettype() function

From: kmgkumar28 at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows 7 PHP version: 7.2.0alpha1 Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Bug in gettype() function Description: ------------ In Using The following code the datatype does not returns correctly in output. i sent name value in '123' in html page but here i will only get string value, in similar results in if i set name = 12.32 , null. <html> <form name = "post" > <input type = "text" name = "name" /> <input type = "submit" name = "submit" /> <?php echo gettype($_POST['name']); ?> Expected result: ---------------- 1) if i set the html text box value as number it returns integer 2) if i set the html text box value as text it returns string 3) if i set the html text box value as null it returns NULL Actual result: -------------- 1) i set the html text box value as number it returns string 2) i set the html text box value as text it returns string 3) i set the html text box value as null it returns string -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74727&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74727&r=mysqlcfg