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Bug #77699 Switch statement in foreach loop incorrect comparisons
Submitted: 2019-03-05 21:42 UTC Modified: 2019-03-05 21:43 UTC
From: eguthrie3214 at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: All
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2019-03-05 21:42 UTC] eguthrie3214 at gmail dot com
Description:
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When using a switch statement inside a foreach loop array elements that have a value of 0 are compared in case statements incorrectly. 

Test script:
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$a = [0,0,0,0,0];
foreach ($a as $i) {
    switch ($i) {
        case $i > 0:
        echo 'true';
    }
}

Expected result:
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We should expect no output since 0 is not greater than 0 and therefore doesn't satisfy the case. This has been tested on both 7.2 and 7.1.

Actual result:
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truetruetruetruetrue

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 [2019-03-05 21:43 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2019-03-05 21:43 UTC] requinix@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

switch ($X) { case $Y:
is equivalent to
  if ( ($X) == ($Y) )

Since you wrote
  switch ($i) { case $i > 0:
you will get
  if ( ($i) == ($i > 0) )
 
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