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Bug #63088 <> operator matches different on CLI -r vs. CLI -f
Submitted: 2012-09-14 09:10 UTC Modified: 2012-09-14 09:53 UTC
From: daniel dot rudolf at eifel-online dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.3.17 OS: Windows XP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2012-09-14 09:10 UTC] daniel dot rudolf at eifel-online dot com 
Description:
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The <> operator matches different when passing code directly to CLI mode using the -r parameter vs. a file using the -f parameter.

Test script:
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php.exe -r "error_reporting(0); $a = array('parent' => array('existing' => '0')); var_dump($a['notExisting'] <> "0"); var_dump($a['notExisting'] <> $a['parent']['existing']);"

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vs.
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php.exe -f test.php
with test.php has the contents:
<?php error_reporting(0); $a = array('parent' => array('existing' => '0')); var_dump($a['notExisting'] <> "0"); var_dump($a['notExisting'] <> $a['parent']['existing']); ?>

Expected result:
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bool(true)
bool(true)

---
vs.
---

bool(false)
bool(true)

Actual result:
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bool(false)
bool(true)

---
vs.
---

bool(false)
bool(true)

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 [2012-09-14 09:12 UTC] daniel dot rudolf at eifel-online dot com 
Damn... Sorry, I copied the results wrong...

Expected result:
----------------
bool(true)
bool(true)

---
vs.
---

bool(true)
bool(true)

Actual result:
--------------
bool(false)
bool(true)

---
vs.
---

bool(true)
bool(true)
 [2012-09-14 09:42 UTC] laruence@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2012-09-14 09:42 UTC] laruence@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

in cmd, you should write two quotes(escape) in the quote string:

php.exe -r "var_dump(NULL <> "0");" 

should be:

php.exe -r "var_dump(NULL <> ""0"");"

otherwise, I guess CMD will take it as:
php.exe -r "var_dump(NULL <> 0);"
 [2012-09-14 09:53 UTC] laruence@php.net 
or:
php.exe -r "var_dump(NULL <> '0');"
 
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