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Bug #34426 implicit string casting problem
Submitted: 2005-09-08 12:44 UTC Modified: 2005-09-08 17:47 UTC
From: mbphp at netzone dot ch Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.4.0 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-09-08 12:44 UTC] mbphp at netzone dot ch 
Description:
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compare of 2 string with numbers >> implicit casting 

$a="1.5";
$b="1.50";

$a==$b gives true. 

which is not correct


both are strings, so casting to another type is not ucorrect i think. if the variables are of different type casting is ok but not if both are of the same type.

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 [2005-09-08 12:48 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
Use === operator for that.
 [2005-09-08 17:47 UTC] mbphp at netzone dot ch 
yes, i know that it works with ===, but i think the behaviour is not correct.

why is there a type-casting if both operators are strings? 
it is slower only and the result is not correct.
if one of the operators is a numeric variable (float, int, ...) type-casting make sense, but not if both are strings.
 
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