From: erick at vmxt dot com
Operating system: Windows XP SP2
PHP version: 5.1.4
PHP Bug Type: Variables related
Bug description: if structure doing weird stuff
Description:
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When comparing number zero with a not empty string, it returns true.
Reproduce code:
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<?php
$something = 0;
if($something) {
echo $something . "is true. <br />";
}
if ("thestring") {
echo "thestring is true" . "<br />";
}
if ($something == "thestring") {
echo "why?" . "<br />";
}
if("thestring" == $something) {
echo "again why?" . "<br />";
}
?>
Expected result:
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thestring is true
Actual result:
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thestring is true
why?
again why?
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38170&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=trysnapshot44
Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=trysnapshot52
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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38170&r=mysqlcfg
