> Just came across this: > http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=23110 > > I've been programming PHP since PHP 3 > and wasn't even aware of this behavior. > And now you are.
PHP is a loosely typed language. Odds are it's one of the things which attracted you to it in the first place. > "Numeric strings"? What is that? > Roughly speaking, a string matching the pattern: /^(-\d)?\d*(.[0-9]*)?(E[+-]\d+)?/ Though that's not precisely how the engine handles it internally. > if ($typedPassword == $password) doSomeAdministrativeTaskHere(); > > You better not use '000000001' as password, or '0e00.0000', since > people would be able to use '' (yes, empty string!) to hack your app. > Quick! Go change your password! -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
