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Bug #77928 echo ('string'==0)?"TRUE":"FALSE"; // TRUE
Submitted: 2019-04-20 17:59 UTC Modified: 2019-04-21 15:39 UTC
From: shamil dot kur at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 7.3.4 OS: Debian
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2019-04-20 17:59 UTC] shamil dot kur at gmail dot com 
Description:
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Expected:
echo ('string'==0)?"TRUE":"FALSE"; // FALSE - OK
echo (''==0)?"TRUE":"FALSE";       // TRUE - OK
echo ('string'==1)?"TRUE":"FALSE"; // TRUE - OK
echo (''==1)?"TRUE":"FALSE";       // FALSE - OK

The actual result:
PHP 7.3.4
echo ('string'==0)?"TRUE":"FALSE"; // TRUE - it's ERROR
echo (''==0)?"TRUE":"FALSE";       // TRUE - OK
echo ('string'==1)?"TRUE":"FALSE"; // FALSE - it's ERROR
echo (''==1)?"TRUE":"FALSE";       // FALSE - OK



Test script:
---------------
if(''==0)echo       "printed text 0\n"; //this line printed
if('string'==0)echo "printed text 1\n"; //this line printed  // ERROR
if(''==1)echo       "printed text 2\n"; //never printed      
if('string'==1)echo "printed text 3\n"; //never printed      // ERROR


Expected:
printed text 0
printed text 3

The actual result:
printed text 0
printed text 1

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 [2019-04-20 18:22 UTC] spam2 at rhsoft dot net 
Expected:
echo ('string'==0)?"TRUE":"FALSE"; // FALSE - OK

fix your expectations!
'string'==0 evaluates to TRUE

php > echo ('string'==0);
1
php > echo ('string'===0);
php >

that's how PHP works all the time 
https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.type-juggling.php
 [2019-04-20 18:53 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2019-04-20 18:53 UTC] requinix@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
 [2019-04-21 06:14 UTC] shamil dot kur at gmail dot com 
// You are joking?
// It violates the laws of logic.
$a=0;
$b='string 1';
$с='string 2';

if(($a==$b) && ($a==$c))echo "\$b==\$c";

// But $b don't eq $c.
if($b!=$c)echo "\$b!=\$c";
 [2019-04-21 06:23 UTC] shamil dot kur at gmail dot com 
If decided that this is not an error. That does not equate \0 to any string. Let it always be not equal. Because, it is ambiguity.
Is this logical?

<?php
if("any string"==0)echo "this\n";
if("\0"==0)echo "and this\n";

//Result:
this
end this
 [2019-04-21 06:28 UTC] shamil dot kur at gmail dot com 
Or do you want to say that when comparing with int, any string == 0? If so, then the question is closed. But "8"==8, "0"==0, "7"==7, "7"!=8 but "7"==0
 [2019-04-21 09:44 UTC] spam2 at rhsoft dot net 
what about reading a php documentation for beginners and start using === instead spam bug trackers?
 [2019-04-21 09:48 UTC] spam2 at rhsoft dot net 
jesus christ with == one of both needs to be implicit casted before they are compared and a lot of stuff casts to 0 but again: everybody knows that and the documentation is very clear
 [2019-04-21 15:37 UTC] kalle@php.net 
This happens due to PHP's nature of type juggling. You are supplying a string on the left operand ('string') and comparing it to an integer on the right operand (0). Please refer to the documentation for this:
https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.type-juggling.php
https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php


If you supply the same type on both operands you will get the expected results:
https://3v4l.org/Zkind
 [2019-04-21 15:39 UTC] kalle@php.net 
You may also find this RFC proposal for PHP8 by Nikita relevant:
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/string_to_number_comparison
 
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