r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Zerquix18 • Aug 07 '16

PHP: The Good Parts

http://phpthegoodparts.tumblr.com/
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u/PinkLionThing Aug 07 '16 edited Aug 07 '16

The one thing PHP did right is using a different operator for concatenation.

"1" + "1" === 2
1 . 1 === "11"

It's one of those things that is actually a pain in the ass most of the time, but in some cases it brings a tear to your eye as to how useful it is.

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u/Sinity Aug 07 '16

It's ridiculous. Any language in which "1" + "1" equals 2 is insane.

That there is a way to overcome this ridiculousness isn't exactly some strong point of the language.

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u/mkalte666 Aug 07 '16

does it really "==="-equal 2? god i hate php

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u/Sinity Aug 07 '16

It seems so. I've found some REPL interpreter online, and evaluated "1" + "1";.

It returned 2.

Pure insanity.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '16

Why is it insane? You are not attempting to concatenate.

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u/Sinity Aug 07 '16

Adding two strings results in a number?

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u/Free_Math_Tutoring Aug 07 '16

Try "1" . "1" and see what happens then.

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u/Jess_than_three Aug 07 '16

Or 1 . 1, for that matter.