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Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions

From Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions
Date 2014-12-03 19:12 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Am 2014-12-03 um 18:22 schrieb Christoph M. Becker:
> Gregor Kofler wrote:
>
>> Am 2014-12-03 um 17:46 schrieb Denis McMahon:
>>> On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:56:23 +0100, Gregor Kofler wrote:
>>>
>>>> The following example should suffice to describe my problem:
>>>>
>>>> 50 if(!$file) {
>>>> 51 }
>>>> 52 else {
>>>> 53    echo '$file is an object.';
>>>> 54    var_dump(!$file);
>>>> 55 }
>>>>
>>>> results in
>>>>
>>>> "$file is an object.
>>>
>>> Try casting file to boolean:
>>>
>>> 54    var_dump(!(boolean)$file);
>>>
>>> and see if that works as you expected.
>>>
>> Without testing I assume it would yield the same result. Found a
>> possible explanation here
>>
>> https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65213
>
> See also <http://3v4l.org/U8JJ4#v520>.
>
>> it still doesn't explain why casting to boolean in the if condition
>> doesn't throw an error.
>
> Indeed.  Might that be caused by some dubious optimization (e.g. by
> OPcache)?

Indeed. Since my 5.5.9 shows the above behaviour but 5.4.35 already 
fails at line 50.

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Consistency with object to boolean conversions Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2014-12-03 15:56 +0100
  Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-03 16:19 +0100
    Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2014-12-03 16:39 +0100
      Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-12-03 11:42 -0500
        Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2014-12-03 18:06 +0100
          Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-12-03 13:13 -0500
  Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-12-03 16:46 +0000
    Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2014-12-03 18:09 +0100
      Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-03 18:22 +0100
        Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2014-12-03 19:12 +0100
          Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-12-03 19:30 +0100
            Re: Consistency with object to boolean conversions Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2014-12-03 20:58 +0100

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