Hi,
An empty string returns 0.
php -r "$var=''; var_dump(filter_data($var, FILTER_VALIDATE_INT));"
int(0)
Which maybe is what was intended, but imho still should return false.
Jared
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 28 July 2006 17:44
> To: Kevin Waterson
> Cc: internals@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] testing filter ext in RC1
>
> On 7/28/06, Kevin Waterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This one time, at band camp, Pierre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > > if var was abc1234 then it would return NULL, is that correct?
> > >
> > > False if the value is not valid, null if the value does
> not exist (for
> > > example with input_get or input_get_args). In the case of
> filter_data,
> > > as you pass the variable, it will be either false or the correct
> > > value.
> >
> > here it returns '0'
>
> Please show me some code, "here" is not really helpful. For example:
>
> $ php -r '$var=1234; var_dump(filter_data($var,
> FILTER_VALIDATE_INT));'
> int(1234)
>
> $ php -r '$var=ab1234; var_dump(filter_data($var,
> FILTER_VALIDATE_INT));'
> bool(false)
>
> --Pierre
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