Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Binary String Comparison

On 20.08.2014 19:50, Ferenc Kovacs wrote:
> 
> 2014.08.17. 21:59 ezt írta ("Marc Bennewitz" <[email protected]>):
>>
>> Hi internals!
>>
>> I've created a draft RFC and patch to change the behavior of
> non-strict string to string comparison to be binary safe (as the strict
> comparison operator does):
>>
>>      https://wiki.php.net/rfc/binary_string_comparison
>>
>> On comparing two numeric strings both operands will be equal if the
> string representation will be the same. On comparing two numeric strings
> the first operand will be greater if the first not matching byte will be
> higher. On comparing two numeric strings the first operand will be lower
> if the first not matching byte will be lower.
>>
>> As a side effect it makes string comparison much faster and force
> developer to really write what they mean (No need to guess) and to force
> developers to cast/filter input once which also affects performance.
>>
>> On C-Level the function zendi_smart_strcmp will be unused and marked
> as deprecated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Marc
>>
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> 
> Maybe it was already mentionex, but just to make sure:  this would fix
> issues like https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54547
> 
Yes, such comparison issues will go away!