PHP :: Bug #5745 :: strpos returns false if match on first character

Bug #5745	strpos returns false if match on first character
Submitted:	2000-07-23 12:18 UTC	Modified:	2000-07-23 12:20 UTC
From:	steve at srtware dot com	Assigned:
Status:	Closed	Package:	Misbehaving function
PHP Version:	4.0.1pl2	OS:	Windows 98 SE
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

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[2000-07-23 12:18 UTC] steve at srtware dot com

if (strpos('abcde', 'abc')) {
(...)

will evaluate as false since the value returned is zero.  The documentation says it will return false if the string is not found.

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[2000-07-23 12:20 UTC] stas at cvs dot php dot net

Yes it returns zero. It is not a bug. Use another condition to detect "not found" case.

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