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Bug #20530 is_scalar(NULL) should be true
Submitted: 2002-11-20 19:31 UTC Modified: 2002-11-21 17:17 UTC
From: leon at leonatkinson dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4CVS-2002-11-20 (dev) OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-11-20 19:31 UTC] leon at leonatkinson dot com
NULL is a type with a discrete set of values.  The is_scalar function should return TRUE when passed NULL.

<?
  if(is_scalar(NULL))
    print("NULL is a scalar\n");
  if(is_scalar($a)) 
    print("an unset variable is a scalar\n");
?>

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