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@Crell Personally I don't mind dynamic languages, if that's what you're getting at. You can be dynamic without being boneheaded like this. (I think Perl does it a bit better, IIRC.)
@Crell Oh we use Javascript all the time and I personally love it! Not so much for its type handling, it can be a bit wonky (insert holy trinity meme), but y'know.
I'll take some type wonkiness in return for JS's immense flexibility and unopinionatedness. It doesn't try to force you into any one specific pattern or coding style (*cough*Rust).
@evert Because in practice it bites you about 10000x as often as "a string that happens to start with 0e will get coerced to 0 if you try to use it as a number."
Addition and concat are two of the most common operations. Using the same symbol for them when the types are inherently unknown is begging for trouble.
They're both evaluating as strings, but then the strings are being evaluated as numbers??
php > echo ('0e83' == '0e99');<br>1<br>
What's marked as a string should be considered a string until typecast to something else. Putting a number in a string should not cause it to be interpreted as a number.
@woozle some of us are pushing PHP to be better. JS has the problem that you do not know what the client will be running.
But improving comparisons is something I want to work sooner than later, but it requires some rework at the engine level. Incredibly early draft is here github.com/Girgias/php-rfcs/blโฆ
I don't know if the answer to this question is impossibly complicated, but what I don't understand is why type-coercion has to take place for comparison operators when both sides of the comparison are the same type.
TLDR: I think what is happening here is that the == operator has a clear preference for numeric coercion -- if a string can be interpreted as a properly-formatted number, it will do that. Only if a string cannot be interpreted that way will it reluctantly do a string comparison:
I don't know if the answer to this question is impossibly complicated, but what I don't understand is why type-coercion has to take place for comparison operators when both sides of the comparison are the same type.
TLDR: I think what is happening here is that the == operator has a clear preference for numeric coercion -- if a string can be interpreted as a properly-formatted number, it will do that. Only if a string cannot be interpreted that way will it reluctantly do a string comparison:
The same rule appears to be in effect for !=, >, and <.
Also, this only happens for numerically-formatted contents; the strings 'true' and 'false' are not coerced to boolean values.
Editorializing
(The following is intended not so much as arguing with you as hoping to arm you with more information to present to those who might influence the decisionmaking process.)
There may be valid mental model reasons for doing this, but I think they really need to be spelled out clearly in the manual somewhere and mentioned whenever affected operators are discussed.
To me, right now, it makes no sense. The comparison is between two things that are unambiguously the same type, so there is no reason to coerce either of them to anything else.
There's not even any reason to be attempting to parse the contents of either string (to see if either one might be intended to represent a number).
A string should be a string unless it can't be. I'd rather see string-to-number comparisons generate an error than have this behavior.
The Manual Is Wrong?
This page heavily implies that coercion only takes place if there's a type-mismatch:
If both operands are numeric strings, or one operand is a number and the other one is a numeric string, then the comparison is done numerically.
A warning-example on that page also clearly shows that while 0 == "a"used to coerce "a" to a number before the comparison (in php7), php8 no longer does -- which to my mind implies that in the problematic example which started this discussion, the coercion is taking place via a different mechanism, to wit:
Because the string contents can be interpreted as a number, the '==' operator inexplicably decides to convert it.
It's not even following the usual string-to-int "empty string is zero, anything else is 1" conversion rule:
Even when both values have been parsed as strings and put into variables marked as type "string", these operators are peering inside the contents to see if they can be interpreted differently.
My guess is that a lot of choices were made when ~everything came in as a string over GET or POST. PHP tried really hard to do what people probably wanted. Register Globals filled the world with strings!
It's been a long effort to get this far. And every change has someone whining that we've broken their app because it relies on silly implicit type conversions. Caution is needed as we go.
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yup, PHP type juggling attacks are an entire rabbit hole... another fun one: your password comparison mechanism very likely has a timing attack embedded somewhere, unless you use a framework or special newer PHP functions built for security
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โก๏ธ Basic military training to start in Ukrainian higher education institutions in September 2025. The course will consist of 90 academic hours of theory study and 210 academic hours of practical training. kyivindependent.com/basic-geneโฆ
While Russia projects resilience, its economy shows cracks: inflation is rising, labor and technology shortages worsen, and liquid reserves may run out by fall 2025, creating a critical budget shortfall. kyivindependent.com/putins-warโฆ
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In this edition: OSCE observers not invited to monitor upcoming presidential election in Belarus; Belarus to host over 13,000 Russian troops for Zapad-2025 joint military drills with Russia; and more. kyivindependent.com/belarus-weโฆ
OSCE observers not invited to monitor upcoming presidential election in Belarus.
Belarus to host over 13,000 Russian troops for Zapad-2025 joint military drills with Russia.
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โก๏ธBiden administration secretly funded Ukraineโs drone industry, NYT reports. U.S. President Joe Bidenโs administration has declassified previously undisclosed efforts to support Ukraineโs drone industry, including $1.5 billion funding sent in September 2024, The New York Times reported on Jan. 17, citing anonymous officials. U.S. intelligence officers reportedly assisted in advancing Ukraineโs drone capabilities, helping to design a new generation of drones intended to revolutionize modern warfare. kyivindependent.com/biden-admiโฆ
U.S. intelligence officers reportedly assisted in advancing Ukraine's drone capabilities, helping to design a new generation of drones intended to revolutionize modern warfare.
โก๏ธPutin, Pezeshkian sign strategic Russia-Iran partnership agreement in Moscow. Iran has provided Russia with thousands of Shahed drones used in attacks against Ukrainian cities, as well as short-range ballistic missiles. kyivindependent.com/putin-pezeโฆ
โก๏ธ Hungaryโs Orban urges EU to lift Russia sanctions, media reports. Viktor Orban also described the European Union as being in a โdrunken stageโ but predicted a โsobering upโ in Brussels. kyivindependent.com/hungarys-oโฆ
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โก๏ธ Ukrainian special forces target Russian soldiers behind POW executions โ several killed, captured. The captured Russians were identified as marines from the 40th Arctic Brigade. kyivindependent.com/ukraine-taโฆ
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โก๏ธ Russiaโs seaborne oil exports decline 9.1% in 2024 amid Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reports. Ukraine has targeted Russiaโs fossil fuel infrastructure as part of its strategy to undermine a key funding source for Russiaโs war effort. kyivindependent.com/russias-maโฆ
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Sources: Trump plans an EO to elevate crypto to a national imperative or priority and create a crypto advisory council to advocate for industry priorities (Bloomberg)
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Abbiamo deciso di organizzare una due giorni di festa e di lotta in quartiere per ribadire ancora una volta che LA CASA NON È UNA MERCE!
Nel quartiere Ticinese il nido di via Gola 23 é a rischio chiusura, la scuola materna di via Gentilino avrebbe fatto la stessa fine senza l'intervento degli abitanti del quartiere, la piscina Argelati verrá data in gestione a privati e non si sa per quanto non aprirá, i negozi e le piccole attività chiudono e vengono trasformate in Airbnb.
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Giovedì 9 gennaio, dalle 18:00, presso Darsena Milano, Piazza XXIV Maggio, Milano
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A soli 19 anni, Ramy Elgaml perde la vita all’incrocio tra via Ripamonti e via Quaranta, schiacciato su un cartello stradale da una volante dei carabinieri dopo essere stato inseguito per tutta la città: da Citylife a Vigentino.
Sono settimane ormai che Milano è oggetto di una propaganda inutile sulla “sicurezza”: ma quale, ci chiediamo? Per noi sicurezza è non venir uccisi dai carabinieri per un illecito amministrativo: non erano necessari 8 km di inseguimento, bastava prendere una targa. Milano è stata militarizzata a tal punto che non è più possibile vivere lo spazio pubblico, che chi viene da quartieri periferici o popolari subisce costantemente violenza fisica, profilazione razziale, accanim
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Sono settimane ormai che Milano รจ oggetto di una propaganda inutile sulla โsicurezzaโ: ma quale, ci chiediamo? Per noi sicurezza รจ non venir uccisi dai carabinieri per un illecito amministrativo: non erano necessari 8 km di inseguimento, bastava prendere una targa. Milano รจ stata militarizzata a tal punto che non รจ piรน possibile vivere lo spazio pubblico, che chi viene da quartieri periferici o popolari subisce costantemente violenza fisica, profilazione razziale, accanimento. Ma quale sicurezza? Forse quella della Milano vetrina, che tutela solo il profitto e allontana ogni giorno chi non รจ bianco e ricco. Da oggi perรฒ, non potranno piรน raccontare della Milano pericolosa senza che venga alla mente lโomicidio di Ramy: รจ questa la soluzione che il governo propone. Lasciare libertร allโazione violenta delle forze dellโordine, esaltate come รจ chiaro dal video. Noi non ci stiamo: sicurezza รจ inclusione, investimenti pubblici nei quartieri popolari. Che si tolgano dalla bocca quella parola: chi comanda non ci fa sentire al sicuro!
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in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐
in reply to Larry Garfield • • •Larry Garfield
in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •You haven't seen anything until you've seen Javascript...
Type juggling outside of a few very narrow conditions is just inherently dangerous.
Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐
in reply to Larry Garfield • • •@Crell Oh we use Javascript all the time and I personally love it! Not so much for its type handling, it can be a bit wonky (insert holy trinity meme), but y'know.
I'll take some type wonkiness in return for JS's immense flexibility and unopinionatedness. It doesn't try to force you into any one specific pattern or coding style (*cough*Rust).
Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐
in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •Larry Garfield
in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •+ means both addition and concatenate, in a language with no explicit types.
Nothing in PHP comes close to that level of dumb. (And PHP has plenty of dumb.)
Evert Pot
in reply to Larry Garfield • • •Larry Garfield
in reply to Evert Pot • • •@evert Because in practice it bites you about 10000x as often as "a string that happens to start with 0e will get coerced to 0 if you try to use it as a number."
Addition and concat are two of the most common operations. Using the same symbol for them when the types are inherently unknown is begging for trouble.
Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐
in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
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in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •==Woozle Hypertwin
in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •Okay, that is messed up.
They're both evaluating as strings, but then the strings are being evaluated as numbers??
What's marked as a string should be considered a string until typecast to something else. Putting a number in a string should not cause it to be interpreted as a number.
Are the #PHP devs aware of this?
Gina Peter Banyard
in reply to Woozle Hypertwin • • •@woozle yes
This has been part of the language since forever.
I have a draft somewhere about what I want to change about comparison but working on other stuff rn.
Gina Peter Banyard
in reply to Gina Peter Banyard • • •Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐
in reply to Gina Peter Banyard • • •@Girgias @woozle Hahaha wow. And people say JavaScript is bad,,
PHP 8 seems to have a lot of nice stuff! We skipped, like, the entire history of PHP and only picked it up fairly recently.
Gina Peter Banyard
in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •@woozle some of us are pushing PHP to be better.
JS has the problem that you do not know what the client will be running.
But improving comparisons is something I want to work sooner than later, but it requires some rework at the engine level. Incredibly early draft is here github.com/Girgias/php-rfcs/blโฆ
php-rfcs/comparison-equality-semantics.md at master ยท Girgias/php-rfcs
GitHubBen Ramsey
in reply to Gina Peter Banyard • • •@Girgias @woozle If this particular example were changed to `===` (i.e., the identity operator, strict comparison), would it still evaluate to `true`?
I have a coding standards rule to always use strict comparison.
Larry Garfield
in reply to Ben Ramsey • • •@ramsey @Girgias @woozle It does not. === skips type juggling, so will compare the strings as strings rather than trying to convert them to ints.
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3v4l.orgWoozle Hypertwin
in reply to Gina Peter Banyard • • •@Girgias
Thanks for your input on this!
I don't know if the answer to this question is impossibly complicated, but what I don't understand is why type-coercion has to take place for comparison operators when both sides of the comparison are the same type.
TLDR: I think what is happening here is that the
==operator has a clear preference for numeric coercion -- if a string can be interpreted as a properly-formatted number, it will do that. Only if a string cannot be interpreted that way will it reluctantly do a string comparison:Also, this is clearly happening at the point of the comparison, and not before:
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@Girgias
Thanks for your input on this!
I don't know if the answer to this question is impossibly complicated, but what I don't understand is why type-coercion has to take place for comparison operators when both sides of the comparison are the same type.
TLDR: I think what is happening here is that the
==operator has a clear preference for numeric coercion -- if a string can be interpreted as a properly-formatted number, it will do that. Only if a string cannot be interpreted that way will it reluctantly do a string comparison:Also, this is clearly happening at the point of the comparison, and not before:
The same rule appears to be in effect for
!=,>, and<.Also, this only happens for numerically-formatted contents; the strings 'true' and 'false' are not coerced to boolean values.
Editorializing
(The following is intended not so much as arguing with you as hoping to arm you with more information to present to those who might influence the decisionmaking process.)
There may be valid mental model reasons for doing this, but I think they really need to be spelled out clearly in the manual somewhere and mentioned whenever affected operators are discussed.
To me, right now, it makes no sense. The comparison is between two things that are unambiguously the same type, so there is no reason to coerce either of them to anything else.
There's not even any reason to be attempting to parse the contents of either string (to see if either one might be intended to represent a number).
A string should be a string unless it can't be. I'd rather see string-to-number comparisons generate an error than have this behavior.
The Manual Is Wrong?
This page heavily implies that coercion only takes place if there's a type-mismatch:
A warning-example on that page also clearly shows that while
0 == "a"used to coerce "a" to a number before the comparison (in php7), php8 no longer does -- which to my mind implies that in the problematic example which started this discussion, the coercion is taking place via a different mechanism, to wit:Because the string contents can be interpreted as a number, the '==' operator inexplicably decides to convert it.
It's not even following the usual string-to-int "empty string is zero, anything else is 1" conversion rule:
Even when both values have been parsed as strings and put into variables marked as type "string", these operators are peering inside the contents to see if they can be interpreted differently.
How does this make sense?
cc: @IceWolf
@cptwtf @ramsey
@Crell
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
www.php.netPaul Reinheimer
in reply to Woozle Hypertwin • • •@woozle @Girgias @cptwtf @ramsey @Crell
My guess is that a lot of choices were made when ~everything came in as a string over GET or POST. PHP tried really hard to do what people probably wanted. Register Globals filled the world with strings!
Woozle Hypertwin
in reply to Paul Reinheimer • • •@preinheimer @Girgias @cptwtf @ramsey @Crell
Well, PHP has remedied many other decisions that later turned out to be problematic -- I'd say this one is definitely ready to take its turn ^.^
Larry Garfield
in reply to Woozle Hypertwin • • •Blake C. Stacey
in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •Glyph
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in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •sabik
in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •@glyph
I like how the explanation is also subtly wrong
#PHP
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in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •Preston Maness โญ
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in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •eurosat7
in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •it's fine.
3v4l.org/3uDep
```php
declare(strict_types=1);
echo '0e99' === '0e88' ? 'bad' : 'good';
```
> Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.34, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.31, 8.2.0 - 8.2.27, 8.3.0 - 8.3.16, 8.4.1 - 8.4.3
>> good
3uDep - created on 3v4l.org
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in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •Chris [list of emoji]
in reply to Frost, wolf of winter ๐บ๐ • • •Have you read eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fโฆ ?
Also: bad language != (bad design || bad programmer).
PHP: a fractal of badย design / fuzzy notepad
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