From: daniel at spector dot ie
Operating system: Win2K
PHP version: 5.0.2
PHP Bug Type: Strings related
Bug description: empty string evaluates to string(0) php4.3.4 to string(1) in 5.0.2
Description:
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PHP4.3.4 to PHP5.0.2 empty('') string evaluates to
string(0) on 4.3.4(x?) and string(1) on php5.0.2. Can be
reproduced with code below.
Thanks alot in advance.
Reproduce code:
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//an empty string
$suffix='';
var_dump($suffix);
$msg = (empty($suffix)) ? 'php4' : 'php5';
echo $msg;
/*
* on php4 var_dump returns string(0) msg returns php4
* on php5 var_dump returns string(1) msg returns php5
*/
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30360&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=trysnapshot4
Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=trysnapshot50
Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=trysnapshot51
Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=float
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30360&r=mysqlcfg
