ID: 29213 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: ataols at latnet dot lv -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: PostgreSQL related Operating System: Gentoo Linux PHP Version: 4.3.7 New Comment:
Because it's a feature and REQUIRED for very large numbers to maintain precision. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-07-24 23:08:54] ataols at latnet dot lv Please give me an answer, why "all data is fetched in the form of strings"? For me it makes impossible to use boolean fields under PostgreSQL/PHP, because I can not automatically convert all 'f' strings to false because of possibility that a user inputed varchar date also contains 'f'. And, of course, I can not use boolean values that both are true! So, I switched to integers and 0 or 1 works fine, but it is stupid, that the database system has boolean variables of a smaller size, but I should use integers for boolean values! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-07-18 19:08:49] ataols at latnet dot lv > All data is fetched in the form of strings. Why? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-07-18 18:48:38] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php All data is fetched in the form of strings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-07-16 16:12:06] ataols at latnet dot lv Description: ------------ The PHP functions pg_fetch_... incorrectly interprets boolean variables from PostgreSQL databases: instead of setting a boolean PHP variable they set one-character PHP strings with values "f" or "t". Both of them are interpreted as TRUE by PHP. Reproduce code: --------------- echo $dbvars['boolvar'].", is_bool: ".is_bool($dbvars['boolvar']).", is_string: ".is_string($dbvars['boolvar'])."<BR>\n"; Expected result: ---------------- , is_bool: 1, is_string: Actual result: -------------- f, is_bool: , is_string: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29213&edit=1
