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Bug #71905 invalid switch case is returning valid
Submitted: 2016-03-26 14:28 UTC Modified: 2016-03-26 16:19 UTC
From: pat at breakfree dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *Programming Data Structures
PHP Version: 5.5.33 OS: Ubuntu 14.04
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2016-03-26 14:28 UTC] pat at breakfree dot com
Description:
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A false switch case is returning valid.
Perhaps related to key index returned from stat()?


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Test script:
---------------
<?php
$s = stat('/tmp');
/*
 * I was interested in data from a few keys. However I found the 0/dev key is always resulting as a true case. 
 */
$x = 0;
foreach($s as $k => $v) {
	switch($k) {
		case 'this_does_not_exist_and_should_never_occur':
			echo 'Yet this case occurs: ' . $k . ', ' . $v . "\n";
			$x++;
			break;
		default:
			break;
	}
}
echo "x=" . $x . "\n";
?>

Expected result:
----------------
x=0


Actual result:
--------------
Yet this case occurs: 0, 64769
x=1




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 [2016-03-26 14:45 UTC] bwoebi@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2016-03-26 14:45 UTC] bwoebi@php.net
Switch cases are using weak comparisons and as 0 == "string" results in true, this is expected behavior. Add an if (is_int($k)) continue; to solve your specific problem here.
 [2016-03-26 16:19 UTC] pat at breakfree dot com
Ah - I was unaware of how fragile a weak comparison is.
I totally understand now.  Thank you for the education.
 
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