[PHP-BUG] Bug #78017 [NEW]: Null coalesce operator in if paranthesis causes unexpected behaviour

[email protected] ("dorndorf at featdd dot de") Wed, 15 May 2019 13:26:07 +0000
Newsgroups php.standards
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From:             dorndorf at featdd dot de
Operating system: macOS 10.14.4
PHP version:      7.2.18
Package:          PHP Language Specification
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:Null coalesce operator in if paranthesis causes unexpected behaviour

Description:
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Using the null coalesce operator inside an if paranthesis using and
resulting in false will match the condition anyway when the returned
value is true.

Test script:
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if (true ?? false && 0 > 0) {
    echo 'Should not be true';
}


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