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Bug #30036 In_Array not works when array contain booleans
Submitted: 2004-09-09 10:04 UTC Modified: 2004-09-15 11:36 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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From: marek at lewczuk dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: 4.3.8 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-09-09 10:04 UTC] marek at lewczuk dot com 
Description:
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When you have an array with boolean values, then in_array will always return true.

Reproduce code:
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print in_array("test it", array(true, true, "sdsd" => true))

Expected result:
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should return false

Actual result:
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true

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 [2004-09-15 10:56 UTC] sniper@php.net 
Use the 3rd optional parameter (for strict search) which makes  
in_array() to check the type too. NOT a bug.
 [2004-09-15 11:36 UTC] marek at lewczuk dot com 
Right, it works with 3rd parameter, but it is not the point - is string "test" equal to boolean "true" ? Even if we are not comparing variable types, then "test" is not equal to "1". For example, I have an array with strings, integers, boolean - I'm looking for any "123" value - I don't care if this is an integer or string - the value is important. In this case, I can't use in_array with 3rd parameter, because it will not find all all correct values. 

examples:

in_array('232', array(232, '232', true))
this will return true - correct

in_array('232', array(232, true), true)
this will return false - correct

in_array('232', array(233, '233', true))
this will return true - wrong

In my opinion this is not correct behavior...
 [2011-01-15 00:53 UTC] miker at yahoo-inc dot com 
sniper@php.net, can you describe the reasoning behind this behavior? Currently, I'm inclined to agree with Marek that this is bug-like behavior. Thank you. Mike.
 
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