ID: 28902
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Summary: strlen() integer not converted to string
Reported By: todd at magnifisites dot com
Status: Open
Bug Type: Strings related
-Operating System: RH 9
+Operating System: All
-PHP Version: 4.3.6
+PHP Version: 4.3.8-dev
New Comment:
It's not strlen() that's failing.
It's the $number{$offset} syntax.
I can see the argument for casting $number to a string when string
offset syntax is used, but I'm not sure enough it's the right thing to
do.
Previous Comments:
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[2004-06-23 23:23:40] todd at magnifisites dot com
Description:
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The substr() function will convert an integer and return the correct
results. Using strlen() returns NULL, it does not convert an integer
to string so that the expected results are returned.
Reproduce code:
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$string = '12345';
$number = 12345;
print substr($number, -1) . '<br />'; // works fine
print $string{strlen($string)-1} . '<br />'; works fine
// This won't work, $number is not a string:
print $number{strlen($number)-1} . '<br />';
// Now cast it as a string and it will:
$number = (string)$number;
print $number{strlen($number)-1} . '<br />';
Expected result:
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I would expect PHP to automagically convert the integer to a string
without having to cast it as string first.
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