hi!
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Stas Malyshev <smalys...@sugarcrm.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> We've got a bit of a discussion on bug #49510 in the comments. The
> problem is this: filter_var('', FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN, array("flags"
> => FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE)) returns "null" (i.e. failure) while docs say
> boolean filter will return false on ''. I think we need to sync with the
> docs.
> The question is - should we apply it to 5.3/5.4? It is a behavior
> change, even though current code behavior does not match documented
> behavior.
The question is more about the correctness of the doc, and to what I
remember (I implemented that NULL on failure thing), the doc is wrong.
And the null on failure was mainly implemented for this exact case
(boolean validation).
Cheers,
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Pierre
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