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Re: bug in is_numeric [message #181416 is a reply to message #181413] Wed, 15 May 2013 19:58 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Christoph Becker is currently offline  Christoph Becker
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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> I would rather the former bug was an implementation bug instead of a
> documentation bug, because such a function should either work for all
> supported numeric representations of the programming language, or there
> should be a parameter specifying which representations are supported for the
> specific call [like ECMAScripts parseInt(number : String, base : Number) :
> Number].

ACK. However, the usefulness of is_numeric() returning true for strings
in binary notation is somewhat doubtful, as there is no simple way to
actually convert such strings to a number:

>>> (int) '0b1010'
0
>>> intval('0b1010')
0
>>> intval('0b1010', 2)
0
>>> 0 + '0b1010'
0

So the issue *might* as well be regarded as documentation bug.

BTW: I can confirm the same behavior in PHP 5.2.17 (Windows VC6 build).

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Christoph M. Becker
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