Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62097&edit=1
ID: 62097 Updated by: cataphr...@php.net Reported by: kazuo at o-ishi dot jp Summary: New behavior of string == has a compatibility problem -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Gentoo Linux PHP Version: 5.4.4RC1 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thanks for your report. I raised this issue in internals: http://www.mail-archive.com/internals@lists.php.net/msg58598.html (see near the end) and this was deemed a "very narrow use case". So I'm marking this Wont Fix now, but feel free to take this issue to the internals mailing list. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-05-21 17:09:25] kazuo at o-ishi dot jp Description: ------------ The behavior of string comparison using == operator is changed in https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/47db8a9aa19f6e17a1018becf9978315c79a1cb0 to fix bug #54547. This change has a compatibility problem. Before this change (PHP 5.4.3), "01234" == "1234" => TRUE (OK) "09223372036854775808" == "9223372036854775808" => TRUE (compared as float, but result is acceptable) After change, "01234" == "1234" => TRUE (OK) "09223372036854775808" == "9223372036854775808" => FALSE (compared as string) This behavior is not reasonable in that case. New rule is not clear. I think this change should be reverted, before release of 5.4.4. Test script: --------------- echo (("01234" == "1234") ? "true" : "false"), "\n"; echo (("09223372036854775808" == "9223372036854775808") ? "true" : "false"), "\n"; Expected result: ---------------- true true Actual result: -------------- true false ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62097&edit=1