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Bug #65237 Array Equality Bug
Submitted: 2013-07-10 17:32 UTC Modified: 2013-07-11 15:19 UTC
From: jchan at malwarebytes dot org Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.3.26 OS: OSX & Linux Tested
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2013-07-10 17:32 UTC] jchan at malwarebytes dot org
Description:
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When comparing 2 arrays in an if statement, array equality according to the 
documentation (http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.array.php) does not 
work. According to the docs, order should not matter, but when comparing 2 arrays 
directly it does.

Test script:
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<?php

// based off of http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.array.php

$a = array("apple", "banana");
$b = array(1 => "banana", "0" => "apple");


## WORKS ##
var_dump($a == $b); // bool(true)
var_dump($a === $b); // bool(false)
var_dump(array("apple", "banana") == array(1 => "banana", "0" => "apple")); // bool(true)


## FAILS? ##
if (array('apple','banana') == array(1 => 'banana',2=>'apple'))
   echo "they are equal.\n";
else
   echo "They are not equal.\n"; // this is the response I get

## yet if I do:
if ($a == $b)
   echo "they are equal.\n"; // this is the response I get...
else 
   echo "They are not equal.\n";



?>

Expected result:
----------------
bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(true)
they are equal.
they are equal.

Actual result:
--------------
bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(true)
They are not equal.
they are equal.

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 [2013-07-11 06:53 UTC] ab@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2013-07-11 06:53 UTC] ab@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

array('apple','banana') == array(1 => 'banana',2=>'apple')

is the same as

array(0 => 'apple', 1 => 'banana') == array(1 => 'banana',2=>'apple')

So the doc won :)
 [2013-07-11 15:19 UTC] jchan at malwarebytes dot org
@ab@php.net - ah, you're right. Thank you.
 
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