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Chris Smith
Chris Smith

Reputation: 764

PHP filter_var bug?

The following code successfully validates the string "0123.250" as a valid float, when it is not. Is this a PHP bug or did I do something wrong?

filter_var('0123.250', FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT);

Upvotes: 3

Views: 456

Answers (2)

phant0m
phant0m

Reputation: 16905

From the PHP documentation on float literals:

LNUM          [0-9]+
DNUM          ([0-9]*[\.]{LNUM}) | ({LNUM}[\.][0-9]*)
EXPONENT_DNUM [+-]?(({LNUM} | {DNUM}) [eE][+-]? {LNUM})

As you can see, there is no restriction for leading zeroes, as indicated by these bits: [0-9]*[\.] and [0-9]+.

Since the page never once mentions octal, we need to assume that leading zeroes make no difference in the interpretation.

I assume that the exact same rules are applied for FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT.

Upvotes: 3

user1726343
user1726343

Reputation:

The leading 0 just makes explicit the fact that place value for thousands is zero, which is usually implied by the absence of a digit for that place value.

If you're worrying about the fact that the leading zero is a non significant digit, I don't think PHP follows the definition that closely.

Upvotes: 1

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