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Bug #4614 Empty strings are also considered as NULL
Submitted: 2000-05-26 16:09 UTC Modified: 2000-05-26 16:11 UTC
From: stephane dot legrand at bigfoot dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Other
PHP Version: 4.0.0 Release OS: FreeBSD
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2000-05-26 16:09 UTC] stephane dot legrand at bigfoot dot com 
<?
        $test = "";
        if ($test == NULL) {
                print("test is NULL <br>\n");
        }
?>

With PHP4, this code displays "test is NULL".
With PHP3, this code displays nothing.

- it seems to me that PHP3 has a far more logical behaviour.
- i think it can be a big incompatibility problem between PHP3 and PHP4.

So, is it a bug or a feature ? And is there a way to force PHP4 to act like PHP3 in this particular case ?

Thank you.
Stephane Legrand.

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 [2000-05-26 16:11 UTC] andrei at cvs dot php dot net 
The value of "" and NULL do compare the same. To test for
equivalence use === operator.
 
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