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Bug #6599 strange behaviour in for loops with strings++
Submitted: 2000-09-07 08:53 UTC Modified: 2000-09-20 01:47 UTC
From: adobernig at netway dot at Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Strings related
PHP Version: 4.0.2 OS: LINUX RH 6.1
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2000-09-07 08:53 UTC] adobernig at netway dot at 
for ($char="A";$char<="Z";$char++)
{
echo "$char - ";
}

the last char displayed by this script 
is not "Z" but "YZ"
with ever other letter it works as it should

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 [2000-09-20 01:46 UTC] stas@php.net 
This is an intended behaviour, ++ on strings is "magical" in PHP, like in Perl, so "Z"++ is "AA".
 [2003-04-08 08:48 UTC] martin at tack dot se 
I just hit this aswell. I personally dislike the behaviour. However, rewrite your loop like this to get the expected behaviour:


for ($i=ord('A'); $i<=ord('Z'); $i++)
    echo chr($i)."<br>";
 
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