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Request #73374 intval() with base 0 should detect binary
Submitted: 2016-10-22 21:58 UTC Modified: 2016-10-31 17:41 UTC
From: nikic@php.net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Math related
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 [2016-10-22 21:58 UTC] nikic@php.net 
Description:
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intval() using base 0 currently detects decimal, octal and hexadecimal numbers based on notation. However, binary numbers are always converted to 0. As PHP supports binary number literals as of PHP 5.4 they should be supported here as well.

https://3v4l.org/GYVQa

Test script:
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var_dump(intval('0b1101', 0));

Expected result:
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int(13)

Actual result:
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int(0)

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 [2016-10-22 23:00 UTC] ajf@php.net
-Type: Bug +Type: Feature/Change Request
 [2016-10-22 23:00 UTC] ajf@php.net 
I'm recategorising this as a feature request, because intval() isn't inherently tied to PHP's integer literal formats, much as one might wish it were.
 [2016-10-25 15:00 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Summary: intval() with base 0 does not detect binary +Summary: intval() with base 0 should detect binary
 [2016-10-25 15:00 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Also, the behavior is documented as such[1]:

| If base is 0, the base used is determined by the format of var:
| * if string includes a "0x" (or "0X") prefix, the base is taken as 16 (hex); otherwise,
| * if string starts with "0", the base is taken as 8 (octal); otherwise,
| * the base is taken as 10 (decimal).

[1] <http://php.net/manual/en/function.intval.php>
 [2016-10-31 17:41 UTC] leigh@php.net 
Added a PR for this, feels clunky to me but not sure how to avoid it, what do you think?
 [2017-01-12 17:54 UTC] nikic@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of leigh
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=4f7b498d12b04ae25ae59a711e76410e77455a94
Log: Fixed bug #73374
 [2017-01-12 17:54 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed
 
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