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Bug #15201 ('foo'==0) => equal ?
Submitted: 2002-01-24 06:15 UTC Modified: 2002-01-24 06:20 UTC
From: alberty at neptunelabs dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Variables related
PHP Version: 4.0CVS-2002-01-24 OS: i688-gnu-linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-01-24 06:15 UTC] alberty at neptunelabs dot de 
A simple condition with a strange result:


<?php
$a='foo';
$b=0;
if ($a==$b) echo 'equal';
else echo 'not equal';
?>

result: $a and $b is equal,
but if $b unequal zero
the condition results 'not equal'

This is not really rationally.

Is the problem the automatic type casting?


Regards,

Steve

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 [2002-01-24 06:20 UTC] derick@php.net 
It's indeed due to automatic conversion. The vars get converted to ints, and the integer value of 'foo' = 0
Use if ($a === $b) to check for both value and type.

Derick
 
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