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ID: 61220 User updated by: dosergio at ig dot com dot br Reported by: dosergio at ig dot com dot br Summary: is_numeric returns FALSE for chr(0) and CHR(1) that are BIT, so NUMERIC. Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: ALL PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Do you know the binary numeric system ? Chr(0) is the octet 00000000 which value is 0, so it's NOT different from zero. Chr(1) is the octet 00000001 which value is 1, NOT different from the numeric 1. These two chars should ALSO be recognized as boolean in the "is_bool" function too. Everybody that program in C knows that 0 and 1 are the real booleans inside the engine. If you are so sure, take the chance, and tell the MySQL team that they are wrong, because they are storing chr(0) and chr(1) for bit(1) values. Bit is defined as numeric data type in MySQL Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-01 15:45:58] ras...@php.net No, definitely not. chr(0) is a NUL which is distinct from the number 0 and chr(1) is a SOH character which has absolutely nothing to do with a number. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-01 15:02:02] dosergio at ig dot com dot br I also tested chr(0) and chr(1) with is_boolean and of course the function says it is not. I think is_numeric and is_boolean should be revised to include 0, 1, chr(0) and chr(1) as valid numeric and valid booleans. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-01 14:13:56] dosergio at ig dot com dot br if( is_numeric( chr(0)) && is_numeric(chr(1)) ) # <-- changed to && echo "is_numeric is great!"; else echo "is_numeric might be a little buggy"; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-01 14:12:13] dosergio at ig dot com dot br Description: ------------ I think that is_numeric should return TRUE if you pass chr(0) or chr(1) to it because this chars are stored in database as BITs, that are numeric in the binary context. Would php adopt it ? I had to use a strange conditional because of this supposed "bug": [code] if( is_numeric($myvar) || ord($myvar) < 2) { # to check char 0 or 1 that are BITS, binary numeric. } [/code] Test script: --------------- if( is_numeric( chr(0)) || is_numeric(chr(1)) ) echo "is_numeric is great!"; else echo "is_numeric might be a little buggy"; Expected result: ---------------- is_numeric shoud recognize chr(0) and chr(1) as numeric, as they are chars for bit information. Actual result: -------------- is_numeric says chr(0) and chr(1) are both NOT numeric. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61220&edit=1