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Bug #34425 switch/case - number/string
Submitted: 2005-09-08 12:15 UTC Modified: 2005-09-08 12:51 UTC
From: htht at mail dot bg Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: PHP options/info functions
PHP Version: 4.4.0 OS: Debian, Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-09-08 12:15 UTC] htht at mail dot bg 
Description:
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There is problem with switch/case settlement, when the argument is number an the cases are strings; 

Reproduce code:
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$do = 0;
switch ($do)
{
	case 'add':
		print 'we add';
		break;
	case 'upd':
		print 'we update';
		break;
	default: // default display only
		print 'we only display';
		break;
}

Expected result:
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we only display

Actual result:
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we add

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 [2005-09-08 12:51 UTC] sniper@php.net 
switch..case is same as if ($do == 'add'). 
Cast the value to string first and you get expected result.
If you had used integers in cases, you should cast to int.
 
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