From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Operating system: any PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: string compare with "==" does not work correctly First the test script: <? $a = '012345678901234567'; $b = '012345678901234568'; echo ($a == $b) ? "a equal b\n" : "a not equal b\n"; echo ($a === $b) ? "a equal b\n" : "a not equal b\n"; printf ("as string: a=%s b=%s\n", $a, $b); printf ("as float: a=%.0f b=%.0f\n", $a, $b); printf ("as int: a=%d b=%d\n", $a, $b); ?> and its output: a equal b a not equal b as string: a=012345678901234567 b=012345678901234568 as float: a=12345678901234567 b=12345678901234567 as int: a=2147483647 b=2147483647 Zend trys to convert the arguments to numbers if both arguments are strings. This is not good and its not a feature. -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=9186&edit=1 -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]