Re: [PHP] Problem with loose typing

Chris Boget wrote: > Consider the following: > > function test() { > static $i = 0; > > $i++; > $retval = ( $i <= 10 ) ? $i : ''; > > return $retval; > > } > while( $bob = test()) { > echo $bob . ''; > > } > > You would expect the while loop to go on forever just looking

Re: [PHP] Problem with loose typing

> You would expect the while loop to go on forever just looking > at the above code. However, what's happening is that when the > empty string is getting returned due to $i being > 10, the while > loop is resolving FALSE when $bob is set to the value of the > empty string. > Is there any way that

Re: [PHP] Problem with loose typing

On Saturday 18 December 2004 00:02, Chris Boget wrote: > Is there any way that I can force this not to happen? That the > while loop resolves as FALSE only when the function actually > returns a (boolean) FALSE value? Make the test more explicit: while (TRUE === ($bob = test())) { ... } -- J

RE: [PHP] Problem with loose typing

Chris Boget wrote: > function test() { > static $i = 0; > > $i++; > $retval = ( $i <= 10 ) ? $i : ''; > > return $retval; > > } > while( $bob = test()) { > echo $bob . ''; > > } > > You would expect the while loop to go on forever just looking > at the above code.