Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54524&edit=1
ID: 54524
User updated by: dosergio at ig dot com dot br
Reported by: dosergio at ig dot com dot br
Summary: intval doesn't throw warning when value is bigger
than the maximum allowed
Status: Bogus
Type: Bug
Package: *General Issues
Operating System: all
PHP Version: Irrelevant
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
So I suggest to change the behaviour. In my opinion, throwing a Warning
would be more intelligent than returning 2^31-1. It is an Error because
it offends Mathematics. A function with different arguments, in this
case should return different results, BUT UP TO NOW, it may return
always 2^31-1. Can't anyone else see this ? The way it is today turns
PHP into a "hiden bugs" language.
Previous Comments:
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[2011-04-19 08:52:45] [email protected]
No, it doesn't. This is expected and documented behaviour.
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[2011-04-13 16:17:29] dosergio at ig dot com dot br
Description:
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If you use intval with an argument that is bigger than 2147483647 the
result will always be 2147483647.
That's a problem that PHP doesn't throw an Error or Warning, because at
the first glance, it looks like a mistery from where comes this magic
number ?
If someone used intval with an argument that is bigger than 2147483647
IMHO php should die with some message like this:
'Warning: Argument too big for intval. Maximum allowed is 2147483647'
or
'Error: Argument too big for intval. Maximum allowed is 2147483647'
I lost almost one hour to discover from where the magic number came...
If there was the Error or Warning, it would be MUCH EASIER to solve the
problem.
Test script:
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<?php
echo intval('11111111111'); ?>
Expected result:
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Throwing an Error (die) or Warning showing that the argument passed for
intval was TOO BIG.
Actual result:
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The function does NOT give any type of hint of the problem, and returns
a fixed value 2147483647 as result, DOES NOT MATTER what the argument
is, as long as it is bigger than 2147483647...
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