ID: 25734
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: rbotzer at yahoo dot com
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: MacOS X
PHP Version: 4.3.3
New Comment:
Bad idea - think about backwards compatibility.
And what would be next? Should "no", "off", "nyet", "falsch" and a
bunch of other strings also evaluate to false?
Previous Comments:
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[2003-10-02 12:57:52] rbotzer at yahoo dot com
Description:
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When I type-cast the string "false" into a boolean it evaluates to
TRUE. This is non-sensical. Can we please change the type-casting so
that it evaluates as FALSE.
Thanks,
Ronen Botzer
Reproduce code:
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<?php
// start example:
$x = "false";
if ($x === "false") {
print ("the string value of x is evaluating as \"false\" \n");
var_dump ($x);
print ("\n");
}
$y = (boolean) $x;
print ("\$x was type-cast into boolean \$y\n\n");
if ($y) {
print ("the boolean value of x is evaluating as true\n");
var_dump ($y);
}
// end example
?>
Expected result:
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I expect to only see a printout from the first conditional. The second
should evaluate as false, and not print.
Actual result:
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the string value of x is evaluating as "false"
string(5) "false"
$x was type-cast into boolean $y
the boolean value of x is evaluating as true
bool(true)
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