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Bug #31425 $string++ / $string-- ?
Submitted: 2005-01-06 06:35 UTC Modified: 2005-01-10 14:43 UTC
From: gregorschg at web dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.0.3 OS: win xp
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-01-06 06:35 UTC] gregorschg at web dot de 
Description:
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I have a problem to decreasing strings.
Increasing a string works fine.



Reproduce code:
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$letter = "C";
$letter--;
echo "$letter";

Expected result:
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output of $str >> "B"


Actual result:
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output of $str >> "C"

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 [2005-01-08 20:17 UTC] gregorschg at web dot de 
sorry, I mean output of $letter is "C" and expected output of $letter is "B".
 [2005-01-10 14:43 UTC] sniper@php.net 
RTFM:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.increment.php

"Note that character variables can be incremented but not decremented."
 
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