In some languages, a boolean is promoted to an integer (with a value of 1 or -1, typically) if used in an expression with an integer. I found that PHP has it both ways:
If you add a boolean with a value of true to an integer with a value of 3, the result will be 4 (because the boolean is cast as an integer).
On the other hand, if you test a boolean with a value of true for equality with an integer with a value of three, the result will be true (because the integer is cast as a boolean).
Surprisingly, at first glance, if you use either < or > as the comparison operator the result is always false (again, because the integer as cast as a boolean, and true is neither greater nor less than true).
PHP Tür Karşılaştırma Tabloları
Aşağıdaki tablolarda PHP türlerinin ve karşılaştırma işleçlerinin gevşek ve titiz karşılaştırmalarda davranışları gösterilmiştir. Bu ek bölüm ayrıca Tür Dönüşümü bölümü ile de ilgilidir. Bu tablolar çeşitli kullanıcı yorumlarından ve » BlueShoes sitesindeki çalışmadan esinlenerek oluşturulmuştur.
Bu tabloları kullanmadan önce türleri ve anlamlarını anlamış olmak
önemlidir. Örneğin, "42" değeri string
türünde iken 42 değeri integer türündedir.
FALSE değeri boolean türünde olduğu halde
"false" değeri string türündedir.
Bilginize:
HTML Formları tamsayı, gerçek sayı ve mantıksal değerleri aktarmaz; sadece dizgeleri aktarırlar. Bir dizgenin sayısal olup olmadığını öğrenmek için is_numeric() işlevini kullanabilirsiniz.
Bilginize:
$x tanımsızken if ($x) yazılırsa
E_NOTICEseviyesinde bir hata üretilir. Bunun olmaması için empty() veya isset() işlevlerini kullanmanız ve/veya değişkenlerinizi ilklendirmeniz gerekir.
| İfade | gettype() | empty() | is_null() | isset() | boolean : if($x) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $x = ""; | string | TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
| $x = null; | NULL | TRUE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| var $x; | NULL | TRUE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| $x tanımsız | NULL | TRUE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| $x = array(); | array | TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
| $x = false; | boolean | TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
| $x = true; | boolean | FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
| $x = 1; | integer | FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
| $x = 42; | integer | FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
| $x = 0; | integer | TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
| $x = -1; | integer | FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
| $x = "1"; | string | FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
| $x = "0"; | string | TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
| $x = "-1"; | string | FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
| $x = "php"; | string | FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
| $x = "true"; | string | FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
| $x = "false"; | string | FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
1 | 0 | -1 | "1" | "0" | "-1" | NULL |
array() | "php" | "" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TRUE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
| 1 | TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| 0 | FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
| -1 | TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| "1" | TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| "0" | FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| "-1" | TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
NULL |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
| array() | FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| "php" | TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
| "" | FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
1 | 0 | -1 | "1" | "0" | "-1" | NULL |
array() | "php" | "" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TRUE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| 1 | FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| 0 | FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| -1 | FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| "1" | FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| "0" | FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| "-1" | FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
NULL |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| array() | FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
| "php" | FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
FALSE |
| "" | FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
FALSE |
TRUE |
Be wary of string-comparison where both strings might be interpreted as numbers. Eg:
$x="123456789012345678901234567890"; $y="123456789012345678900000000000";
echo ($x==$y)?"equal":"not_equal"; #Prints equal !!
Both strings are getting converted to floats, then losing precision, then becoming equal :-(
Using "===" or making either of the strings non-numeric will prevent this.
[This is on a 32-bit machine, on a 64-bit, you will have to make the strings longer to see the effect]
A comparison table for <=,<,=>,> would be nice...
Following are TRUE (tested PHP4&5):
NULL <= -1
NULL <= 0
NULL <= 1
!(NULL >= -1)
NULL >= 0
!(NULL >= 1)
That was a surprise for me (and it is not like SQL, I would like to have the option to have SQL semantics with NULL...).
Note that php comparison is not transitive:
"php" == 0 => true
0 == null => true
null == "php" => false
PHP's loose comparisons can be a huge convenience when used properly! It's extremely helpful to just remember the following are always FALSE:
null, false, "", 0, "0", array()
If your application never depends on a particular "empty/false/null/0/not set" value type, you won't have to worry about 99% of the other weird cases listed here. You won't need empty() or isset(). And ALL variable types will always work as expected for statements like:
if(boolean && !string){...}
if(array){...}
if(!null || int){...}
Consider the same when working with your database values.
If $var not declared.
In php 5.2 :
<?php if($var) ?> - work
in php 5.3 :
<?php if($var) ?> - dont work and generate error E_NOTICE
Some function to write out your own comparisson table in tsv format. Can be easily modified to add more testcases and/or binary functions. It will test all comparables against each other with all functions.
<?php
$funcs = array(
/* Testing equality */
'eq' => '==',
'ne' => '!=',
'gt' => '>',
'lt' => '<',
'ne2' => '<>',
'lte' => '<=',
'gte' => '>=',
/* Testing identity */
'id' => '===',
'nid' => '!=='
);
class Test {
protected $a;
public $b;
public function __construct($a,$b){
$this->a = $a;
$this->b = $b;
}
public function getab(){
return $this->a.",". $this->b;
}
}
$tst1 = new Test(1,2);
$tst2 = new Test(1,2);
$tst3 = new Test(2,2);
$tst4 = new Test(1,1);
$arr1 = array(1,2,3);
$arr2 = array(2,3,4);
$arr3 = array('a','b','c','d');
$arr4 = array('a','b','c');
$arr5 = array();
$comp1 = array(
'ints' => array(-1,0,1,2),
'floats' => array(-1.1,0.0,1.1,2.0),
'string' => array('str', 'str1', '', '1'),
'bools' => array(true, false),
'null' => array(null),
'objects' => array($tst1,$tst2,$tst3,$tst4),
'arrays' => array($arr1, $arr2, $arr3, $arr4, $arr5)
);
$fbody = array();
foreach($funcs as $name => $op){
$fbody[$name] = create_function('$a,$b', 'return $a ' . $op . ' $b;');
}
$table = array(array('function', 'comp1', 'comp2', 'f comp1 comp2', 'type'));
/* Do comparisons */
$comp2 = array();
foreach($comp1 as $type => $val){
$comp2[$type] = $val;
}
foreach($comp1 as $key1 => $val1){
foreach($comp2 as $key2 => $val2){
addTableEntry($key1, $key2, $val1, $val2);
}
}
$out = '';
foreach($table as $row){
$out .= sprintf("%-20s\t%-20s\t%-20s\t%-20s\t%-20s\n", $row[0], $row[1], $row[2], $row[3], $row[4]);
}
print $out;
exit;
function addTableEntry($n1, $n2, $comp1, $comp2){
global $table, $fbody;
foreach($fbody as $fname => $func){
foreach($comp1 as $val1){
foreach($comp2 as $val2){
$val = $func($val1,$val2);
$table[] = array($fname, gettype($val1) . ' => ' . sprintval($val1), gettype($val2) .' => ' . sprintval($val2), gettype($val) . ' => ' . sprintval($val), gettype($val1) . "-" . gettype($val2) . '-' . $fname);
}
}
}
}
function sprintval($val){
if(is_object($val)){
return 'object-' . $val->getab();
}
if(is_array($val)){
return implode(',', $val);
}
if(is_bool($val)){
if($val){
return 'true';
}
return 'false';
}
return strval($val);
}
?>
It's interesting to note that 'empty()' and 'boolean : if($x)'
are paired as logical opposites, as are 'is_null()' and 'isset()'.
Compare object
<?php
$o = new stdClass();
$o->we = 12;
$o2 = new stdClass();
$o2->we = 12;
$o3 = clone $o2;
var_dump($o == $o2); //true
var_dump($o === $o2); //false
var_dump($o3 === $o2); //true
?>
<?php
if (strlen($_POST['var']) > 0) {
// form value is ok
}
?>
When working with HTML forms this a good way to:
(A) let "0" post values through like select or radio values that correspond to array keys or checkbox booleans that would return FALSE with empty(), and;
(B) screen out $x = "" values, that would return TRUE with isset()!
Because HTML forms post values as strings, this is a good way to test variables!
[[Editor Note: This will create a PHP Error of level E_NOTICE if the checked variable (in this case $_POST['var']) is undefined. It may be used after (in conjuection with) isset() to prevent this.]]
The way PHP handles comparisons when multiple types are concerned is quite confusing.
For example:
"php" == 0
This is true, because the string is casted interally to an integer. Any string (that does not start with a number), when casted to an integer, will be 0.
the manual said "HTML Forms do not pass integers, floats, or booleans; they pass strings"
while this is true, php will sometimes change the type to either type array, or possibly type integer(no, not a numeric string) if it was used as an array key. php seems to do this when it parses the request data into the predefined variable arrays.
example:
<input type="text" name="foo[5]">
<input type="text" name="foo[7]">
now obviously the browser will send those names as a string. but php will change thier type.
<?php
// $_POST['foo'] is an array
var_dump($_POST['foo']);
foreach ($_POST['foo'] as $key => $val) {
// the keys 5 and 7 will be type integer
var_dump($key);
}
?>
because of this, its also a good idea to check the types of your variables.
When we're doing loose comparisons (with double equals signs), the following fact is interesting.
false == array() evaluates to true
false == "" evaluates to true
array() == "" however, evaluates to false
Universal comparison test.
<?php
$tests = array();
$tests['=='] = create_function('$a, $b', 'return $a==$b;');
$tests['==='] = create_function('$a, $b', 'return $a===$b;');
$tests['!='] = create_function('$a, $b', 'return $a!=$b;');
$tests['<>'] = create_function('$a, $b', 'return $a<>$b;');
$tests['!=='] = create_function('$a, $b', 'return $a!==$b;');
$tests['<'] = create_function('$a, $b', 'return $a<$b;');
$tests['>'] = create_function('$a, $b', 'return $a>$b;');
$tests['<='] = create_function('$a, $b', 'return $a<=$b;');
$tests['>='] = create_function('$a, $b', 'return $a>=$b;');
$comparison = array();
$comparison['TRUE'] = true;
$comparison['FALSE'] = false;
$comparison['1'] = 1;
$comparison['0'] = 0;
$comparison['-1'] = -1;
$comparison['3,14'] = pi();
$comparison['"1"'] = '1';
$comparison['"0"'] = '0';
$comparison['"-1"'] = '-1';
$comparison['NULL'] = null;
$comparison['array()'] = array();
$comparison['"php"'] = 'php';
print '<h1>PHP version '.PHP_VERSION.' type comparison tables</h1>';
foreach ($tests as $test=>$function) {
print "<h2>Comparisons with $test</h2>";
print "<table border='1'>";
print "<tr>";
print "<th> </th>";
foreach (array_keys($comparison) as $name) {
print "<th>$name</th>";
}
print "</tr>";
foreach ($comparison as $arg_1_name => $arg_1_value) {
print '<tr>';
print "<th>$arg_1_name</th>";
foreach ($comparison as $arg_2_value) {
print '<td>';
print $function($arg_1_value, $arg_2_value)==true ?
'<span style="color:#00F;">TRUE</span>' : '<span style="color:#F00;">FALSE</span>';
print '</td>';
}
print "</tr>";
}
print "</table>";
}
?>
Re: omit's comment
The note omit quotes is referring to the VALUE returned, not its name. If you put 42 into a text field, the corresponding array value will be the string "42". The note makes no comment on the array's keys.
The note about object comparison should be corrected. Cloning objects does not imply instances are the same, so === would return FALSE.
Compare object
<?php
$o = new stdClass();
$o->we = 12;
$o2 = new stdClass();
$o2->we = 12;
$o3 = clone $o2;
var_dump($o == $o2); //true
var_dump($o === $o2); //false
var_dump($o3 === $o2); //false
?>
