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Re: bug in is_numeric [message #181436 is a reply to message #181433]

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:09

Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/15/2013 8:57 PM, SwissCheese wrote:
> On 05/14/2013 11:01 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> If $a ('x11.11c') is numeric then it would return 'ok' but it is not so
> it returns 'not ok'. 'x11.11c' is not hexadecimal, it lacks the leading
> '0' and contains a decimal/period.
>

'ok' is correct in this instance. is_numeric() should NOT return a
numeric value; if it did, that would be incorrect.

You are confusing 'not numeric' with 'not ok'. The first would return
whether the value is numeric or not. The second returns whether the
function returns the correct value or not.

The correct value is that the parameter is NOT a valid numeric value, so
'ok' (the function worked correctly) is the correct response.

> php > $tests =
> array("42",1337,"0xf4c3b00c","x11.11c","0x11.11c","0x1111c","0b1010 ",
> " 101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 01010101010 ");
>
> php > foreach ($tests as $a) { if(is_numeric($a)) { echo "$a is
> numeric".PHP_EOL; } else { echo "$a is not numeric".PHP_EOL; } }
> 42 is numeric
> 1337 is numeric
> 0xf4c3b00c is numeric
> x11.11c is not numeric
> 0x11.11c is not numeric
> 0x1111c is numeric
> 0b1010 is not numeric
> 101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 01010101010
> is numeric
>
>
> From what I can tell from the source code (of PHP) there is no code
> to handle binary strings as explained in the function definition at
> php.net. But I guess by definition it can only be 0's and 1's as seen
> above.
>
>
>

Binary strings are a completely different problem introduces by the
troll 'Pointed Head' which has nothing to do with the OP's problem. But
then 'Pointed Head' is notorious (in several newsgroups) for hijacking
threads for his own purpose.

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		bug in is_numeric By: fred on Sun, 12 May 2013 14:22
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Salvatore on Sun, 12 May 2013 15:31
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Luuk on Sun, 12 May 2013 15:55
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Luuk on Sun, 12 May 2013 15:58
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas Mlynarczyk on Sun, 12 May 2013 16:06
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Denis McMahon on Sun, 12 May 2013 16:24
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: fred on Sun, 12 May 2013 17:41
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Erwin Moller on Mon, 13 May 2013 11:50
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: fred on Mon, 13 May 2013 13:58
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 13 May 2013 14:11
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: fred on Mon, 13 May 2013 14:15
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Erwin Moller on Mon, 13 May 2013 15:29
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: J.O. Aho on Mon, 13 May 2013 17:55
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Richard Yates on Tue, 14 May 2013 13:41
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: SwissCheese on Wed, 15 May 2013 01:43
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 15 May 2013 03:01
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: SwissCheese on Wed, 15 May 2013 09:48
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 15 May 2013 10:11
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: SwissCheese on Thu, 16 May 2013 22:36
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Wed, 15 May 2013 13:19
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Christoph Becker on Wed, 15 May 2013 18:23
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Wed, 15 May 2013 18:49
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Christoph Becker on Wed, 15 May 2013 19:58
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Wed, 15 May 2013 20:20
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Christoph Becker on Wed, 15 May 2013 20:42
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas Mlynarczyk on Wed, 15 May 2013 21:53
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Christoph Becker on Wed, 15 May 2013 22:29
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Christoph Becker on Wed, 15 May 2013 22:40
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Thu, 16 May 2013 03:00
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: SwissCheese on Thu, 16 May 2013 22:16
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Thu, 16 May 2013 22:45
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: SwissCheese on Fri, 17 May 2013 02:52
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Fri, 17 May 2013 16:33
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Christoph Becker on Fri, 17 May 2013 18:39
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Fri, 17 May 2013 21:45
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Christoph Becker on Sat, 18 May 2013 12:47
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: SwissCheese on Thu, 16 May 2013 00:57
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 16 May 2013 04:09
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Christoph Becker on Thu, 16 May 2013 23:17
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 17 May 2013 00:30
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Christoph Becker on Sat, 18 May 2013 12:51
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 18 May 2013 14:07
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sat, 18 May 2013 16:56
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 18 May 2013 18:32
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 18 May 2013 20:24
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 18 May 2013 21:01
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Denis McMahon on Sat, 18 May 2013 21:58
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 18 May 2013 23:21
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Denis McMahon on Sun, 19 May 2013 02:22
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 19 May 2013 02:41
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sun, 19 May 2013 10:28
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 19 May 2013 13:42
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sun, 19 May 2013 16:42
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 19 May 2013 18:39
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Tue, 21 May 2013 06:01
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 21 May 2013 09:59
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 19 May 2013 06:49
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sun, 19 May 2013 10:31
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 19 May 2013 11:39
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 19 May 2013 13:43
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sun, 19 May 2013 16:52
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 19 May 2013 18:42
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Tue, 21 May 2013 06:03
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sun, 19 May 2013 16:45
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sun, 19 May 2013 10:27
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 19 May 2013 13:45
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sun, 19 May 2013 16:37
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 19 May 2013 18:43
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Tue, 21 May 2013 05:59
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 21 May 2013 10:02
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sat, 18 May 2013 22:08
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 18 May 2013 22:58
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 18 May 2013 23:22
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sat, 18 May 2013 22:11
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 18 May 2013 23:23
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sun, 19 May 2013 10:35
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 19 May 2013 13:46
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sun, 19 May 2013 16:23
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 19 May 2013 18:44
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Tue, 21 May 2013 05:54
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 21 May 2013 10:03
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: fred on Thu, 23 May 2013 14:38
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Arno Welzel on Sat, 01 June 2013 15:36
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 01 June 2013 18:54
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Arno Welzel on Wed, 05 June 2013 13:25
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 05 June 2013 14:34
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Arno Welzel on Wed, 05 June 2013 15:02
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 05 June 2013 16:30
		OT: What you say is not always what you mean (was: Re: bug in is_numeric) By: Arno Welzel on Wed, 05 June 2013 18:20
		Re: OT: What you say is not always what you mean By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 05 June 2013 18:40
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 18 May 2013 19:51
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sat, 18 May 2013 22:13
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 18 May 2013 22:49
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sun, 19 May 2013 10:24
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 19 May 2013 10:40
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 19 May 2013 11:43
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sun, 19 May 2013 16:29
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Norman Peelman on Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: SwissCheese on Thu, 16 May 2013 22:41
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Daniel Pitts on Mon, 13 May 2013 15:35
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Denis McMahon on Mon, 13 May 2013 20:26
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Denis McMahon on Mon, 13 May 2013 20:15
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Robert Heller on Sun, 12 May 2013 18:03
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 12 May 2013 16:03
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: fred on Sun, 12 May 2013 17:34
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 12 May 2013 17:40
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Luuk on Sun, 12 May 2013 19:51
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sanders Kaufman on Sun, 12 May 2013 16:47
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Luuk on Sun, 12 May 2013 16:56
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas Mlynarczyk on Sun, 12 May 2013 17:05
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 12 May 2013 17:38
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 12 May 2013 17:46
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 12 May 2013 18:11
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 12 May 2013 18:39
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 12 May 2013 20:51
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 12 May 2013 23:27
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 13 May 2013 00:35
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Mon, 13 May 2013 09:07
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 13 May 2013 13:02
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Mon, 13 May 2013 14:57
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Mon, 13 May 2013 15:10
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 13 May 2013 17:52
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Mon, 13 May 2013 18:28
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: SwissCheese on Thu, 16 May 2013 22:28
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Thu, 16 May 2013 22:33
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: SwissCheese on Fri, 17 May 2013 02:34
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 18 May 2013 08:28
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		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Tim Streater on Sat, 18 May 2013 12:20
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		Re: bug in is_numeric By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 18 May 2013 13:05
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 18 May 2013 14:16
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 18 May 2013 14:14
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sandman on Tue, 14 May 2013 08:34
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		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Sandman on Wed, 15 May 2013 06:05
		Re: bug in is_numeric By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 15 May 2013 10:27
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