[PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #4268: function strcasecmp seams to order strings by their length From: carla.intrup <email protected>
Date: 04/28/00

From: carla.intrup <email protected>
Operating system: solaris 2.7, linux 2.2.12
PHP version: 4.0 Release Candidate 1
PHP Bug Type: Misbehaving function
Bug description: function strcasecmp seams to order strings by their length

<html>
<Body>

<?
if(!$string2 || !$string2) {
  echo "Please enter two strings to be compared by strcasecmp<br>
                <form method=post>
                <input type=text size=60 name=string1 value=\"$string1\"><br>
                <input type=text size=60 name=string2 value=\"$string2\"><br>
                <input type=submit value=\"go!\"></form>";
}
else {
        if(strcasecmp($string1,$string2) < 1)
                echo $string1."<br>is smaller than<br>".$string2;
        else
                echo $string2."<br>is smaller than<br>".$string1;
}

?>
</body>
</html>

The script returns for example "baaa" is smaller than "aaaaa".

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