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Author #38883 [Opn]: Issue with min function when a numeric sting is passed in.
ryanhollett at hotmail dot com

2006-09-19, 6:58 pm

ID: 38883
User updated by: ryanhollett at hotmail dot com
Reported By: ryanhollett at hotmail dot com
Status: Open
Bug Type: Documentation problem
Operating System: Windows XP sp2
PHP Version: Irrelevant
New Comment:

This was tested on version 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.4 for Windows. This may
be a documentation problem or an issue with the function itself
depending on the intended functionality.


Previous Comments:
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[2006-09-19 15:31:54] ryanhollett at hotmail dot com

Description:
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From the php documentation for the min function "PHP will evaluate a
non-numeric string as 0, but still return the string if it's seen as
the numerically lowest value."

It seems that this is incorrect. When a non-numeric string and a
numeric string are passed in, the numeric string seems to be returned
as the the min value.

Reproduce code:
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<?php

echo min("a", "2");
echo "\n";
echo min("2", "a");
echo "\n";
echo min("a", "-2");
echo "\n";
echo min("-2", "a");

?>

Expected result:
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a
a
-2
-2

Actual result:
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2
2
-2
-2


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