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Request #71281 Operators Precedence inside If - Execute increment/decrement before comparison
Submitted: 2016-01-05 11:00 UTC Modified: 2017-08-04 23:56 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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From: rares_pascut at yahoo dot com Assigned:
Status: Suspended Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: Next Minor Version OS: all
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2016-01-05 11:00 UTC] rares_pascut at yahoo dot com
Description:
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In Java ,C# , C, C++ the increment/decrement is called before the comparison inside an if statement. In PHP the post increment/decrement is executed after the comparison.

This should be changed. Because the operators should be called before the comparison. 

The pre and post increment/decrement should both be executed before the comparison inside an if statement.

Test script:
---------------
PHP code:
 
function calc() {
        $i = 5;
   
        if ($i == $i++)
        {
            echo("1: i is equal to i++");
        }
 
        if ($i++ == $i)
        {
            echo("2: i++ is equal to i");
        }
 
        if ($i == ++$i)
        {
            echo("3: i is equal to ++i");
        }
 
        if (++$i == $i)
        {
            echo("4: ++i is equal to i");
        }
}


C# code:

private static void Main(string[] args)
{
    int i = 5;
    
    if (i == i++)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("1: i is equal to i++");
    }
    
    if (i++ == i)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("2: i++ is equal to i");
    }
    
    if (i == ++i)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("3: i is equal to ++i");
    }
    
    if (++i == i)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("4: ++i is equal to i");
    }
}

Expected result:
----------------
1: i is equal to i++
4: ++i is equal to i

Actual result:
--------------
3: i is equal to ++i
4: ++i is equal to i

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 [2017-04-01 21:00 UTC] tpunt@php.net
-Package: operator +Package: *General Issues
 [2017-08-04 23:56 UTC] stas@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Suspended
 [2017-08-04 23:56 UTC] stas@php.net
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