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Bug #74412 Comparison of string with 0 (integer zero) is returning boolean true
Submitted: 2017-04-11 10:49 UTC Modified: 2017-04-11 10:53 UTC
From: anil dot shinde1 at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: PHP Language Specification
PHP Version: 7.0.17 OS: ubuntu0.16.04.4
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-04-11 10:49 UTC] anil dot shinde1 at gmail dot com 
Description:
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 Comparison of string with 0 (integer zero) is returning boolean true
 php -r "var_dump('A' == 0);"
 bool(true)

Test script:
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 php -r "var_dump(('A' == 0));"
 bool(true)

Expected result:
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Comparison of string with 0 (integer zero) should return boolean false

Actual result:
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bool(true)

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 [2017-04-11 10:53 UTC] peehaa@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2017-04-11 10:53 UTC] peehaa@php.net 
This is because type juggling that occurs.

Do strict comparisons instead (===)
 
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