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Bug #47738 passing empty array to a function with a null-default argument results in null
Submitted: 2009-03-20 22:47 UTC Modified: 2009-03-20 23:04 UTC
From: alexanderpodgorny at yahoo dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.9 OS: Mac OS X
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2009-03-20 22:47 UTC] alexanderpodgorny at yahoo dot com
Description:
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When passing empty arrays to a function using a parameter that defaults to null, the default value is being passed instead of the array.

Reproduce code:
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function test($value=null) {
 		if($value == null) {
 			print "null";
 		} else {
 			print "not null";
 		}
 	}

	test(array());

Expected result:
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"not null"

Actual result:
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"null"

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 [2009-03-20 23:04 UTC] felipe@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

See the 'Loose comparisons with ==' table at http://docs.php.net/manual/en/types.comparisons.php

Thanks.

 
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