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<?php # basic test string_lt('a', 'z'); # numeric strings string_lt('22', '123'); # non-numeric strings string_lt('bb', 'abc'); # non-numeric strings with numbers in # should be the same as "numeric strings" if strcmp() really does string comparison string_lt('22x', '123x'); function string_lt($str1, $str2) { # < operator if ($str1 < $str2) { say("$str1 < $str2"); } if ($str2 < $str1) { say("$str2 < $str1"); } } function string_lt_old($str1, $str2) { # you can't use < operator for comparing strings # wacky stuff will happen $lt_says = ((string) $str1 < (string) $str2); # see what strcmp() says $strcmp_says = strcmp($str1, $str2); echo "$str1 less than $str2; lt_says: $lt_says, strcmp_says: $strcmp_says\n"; } function say(...$msgs) { foreach ($msgs as $msg) { echo $msg; } echo "\n"; }
Output for 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.27, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.4, 8.3.6
a < z 22 < 123 abc < bb 123x < 22x
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0 a < z 22 < 123 abc < bb 123x < 22x
Output for 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting '&' or variable (T_VARIABLE) in /in/6kYn2 on line 40
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting '&' or T_VARIABLE in /in/6kYn2 on line 40
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 5.0.0 - 5.0.5
Parse error: parse error, unexpected '.', expecting '&' or T_VARIABLE in /in/6kYn2 on line 40
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 4.4.2 - 4.4.9
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting ')' in /in/6kYn2 on line 40
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.1, 4.3.5 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.1
Parse error: parse error, unexpected '.', expecting ')' in /in/6kYn2 on line 40
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 4.3.2 - 4.3.4
Parse error: parse error, expecting `')'' in /in/6kYn2 on line 40
Process exited with code 255.

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