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Re: bug in is_numeric [message #181386 is a reply to message #181385] Wed, 15 May 2013 03:01 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/14/2013 9:43 PM, SwissCheese wrote:
> On 05/14/2013 09:41 AM, Richard Yates wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 May 2013 15:15:06 +0100, fred <email(at)address(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <kmqs3c$e3s$1(at)dont-email(dot)me>, jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net says...
>>>> As others have shown, is_numeric() returns false in several versions
>>>> of PHP.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have just typed in an exact copy of the test in my message of 02:58pm
>>> When you have run that on an apache PHP installation of the same version
>>> PHP as I listed (5.3.6) under windows7-64 bit - get back to me.
>>>
>>> Otherwise I'm done repeating myself.
>>>
>>
>> <?php
>> $a = 'x11.11c';
>> if(is_numeric($a)) { echo 'oops - a problem'; } else { echo 'okay'; }
>> ?>
>>
>> Prints 'okay'
>>
>> Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, PHP5.3.4, Apache2.2.17, (WAMP)
>>
>
> That's backwards... you want:
>
> $a = 'x11.11c';
> if(is_numeric($a)) { echo 'ok'; } else { echo 'not okay'; }
>
> Sorry, hit send too quick!
>

No, Richard had it correct. The if statement returns false, which is
'ok'. Your code would return 'not ok' - which is incorrect.

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