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Bug #42230 echo ++$var output differs from $var++
Submitted: 2007-08-07 07:40 UTC Modified: 2007-08-07 07:43 UTC
From: simon@php.net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 5.2.4RC1 OS: debian linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-08-07 07:40 UTC] simon@php.net
Description:
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different result from echoing post or pre incrementation of a variable
$count=1;
echo $count++;//echo's 1
echo "\n";
$count=1;
echo ++$count;//echo's 2

its hard to see where this would really be an issue 
 & yes the value of $count is still the same in both scenarios, just seems inconsistent behaviour and could confuddle some basic debugging ?



Reproduce code:
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$count=1;
echo $count++;
echo "\n";
$count=1;
echo ++$count;

Expected result:
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2
2

Actual result:
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1
2

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 [2007-08-07 07:43 UTC] derick@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

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