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Bug #17374 pow fails if either parameter is a string
Submitted: 2002-05-23 00:19 UTC Modified: 2002-05-23 11:00 UTC
From: framling at aros dot net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: *Math Functions
PHP Version: 4.2.1 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-05-23 00:19 UTC] framling at aros dot net 
Execute this code:

$x="2";
echo pow($x,3);

PHP returns "Warning: Invalid argument(s) passed to pow() in /www/default/test.php3 on line 5".

"2" should be automatically interpreted as the number 2. This problem didn't occur in version 4.1.2.

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 [2002-05-23 11:00 UTC] edink@php.net 
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