Value check resets value

[pthes]

I have come across the strangest error in one of my sites today. I checking to see what hour of the day it is and then use it as the default value of a dropdown box. The problem is that if the hour is "08" or "09" the value gets set to "00".

 

I created simple code to test.

 

 

<?php  $val = 01; ?>

<?php if ($val == 01) { echo $val."  what is this!!";} else {echo "should be 1";} ?>

 

<?php  $val = 02; ?>

<?php if ($val == 02) { echo $val."  what is this!!";} else {echo "should be 2";} ?>

 

 

<?php  $val = 08; ?>

<?php if ($val == 08){ echo $val."  what is this!!";} else {echo "should be 8";} ?>

 

<?php  $val = 09; ?>

<?php if ($val == 09) { echo $val."  what is this!!";} else {echo "should be 9";} ?>

 

 

This is what I get

 

1 what is this!! 2 what is this!! 0 what is this!! 0 what is this!!

 

It looks like when $val == 08 is executed it sets $val to 0 !!

 

I'm using PHP 5

 

If anyone has seen this before please let me know what's going on.

 

Thanks.

 

[Psycho]

Um, why do you enclose each line in it's own script tags? Concerning your problem, 01, 02, 03 are not numbers. 1, 2, 3 are numbers. You either need to test using strings or use real numbers

[pthes]

Tagged like that because of quick copy and paste to create the script. As for 01,02,03 not being numbers, that how it comes out of date/time field in mySQL. Also, if they're not numbers why does it work perfectly for all numbers from 00 to 23 except for 08 and 09?

[Hughesy1986]

Wow that is strange lol,

 

I just run it and got the same result. If i take away the 0 before the number it works.

 

Glen

[pthes]

I wonder if it's a PHP 5 thing. Which version are you running?

 

Peter.