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Bug #43859 Wrong comparison
Submitted: 2008-01-15 20:27 UTC Modified: 2008-01-18 01:25 UTC
From: seocar at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.5 OS: Fedora Core
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-01-15 20:27 UTC] seocar at gmail dot com 
Description:
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Wrong comparison between two strings.
(Yes, I know about strict comparison, but I want to know about this case)

Reproduce code:
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if ("0000" == "0e01")
	echo "BUG";
else
	echo "OK";

Expected result:
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OK

Actual result:
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BUG

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 [2008-01-18 01:25 UTC] jani@php.net 
RTFM: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php

And there it says under the table:

"If you compare two numerical strings, they are compared as integers."
 
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