[PHP-BUG] Bug #74727 [NEW]: Bug in gettype() function

[email protected] ("kmgkumar28 at gmail dot com") Fri, 9 Jun 2017 11:02:49 GMT
Newsgroups php.standards
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From:             kmgkumar28 at gmail dot com
Operating system: Windows 7
PHP version:      7.2.0alpha1
Package:          PHP Language Specification
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:Bug in gettype() function

Description:
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In Using The following code the datatype does not returns correctly in
output.
i sent name value in '123' in html page but here i will only get string
value,
in similar results in if i set name = 12.32 , null.

<html>
<form name = "post" >
<input type = "text" name = "name" />
<input type = "submit" name = "submit" />

<?php
echo gettype($_POST['name']);
?>

Expected result:
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1) if i set the html text box value as number it returns integer
2) if i set the html text box value as text it returns string
3) if i set the html text box value as null it returns NULL

Actual result:
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1) i set the html text box value as number it returns string
2) i set the html text box value as text it returns string
3) i set the html text box value as null it returns string

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