I am so comically angry right now
Hey uhh so strcmp() huh pretty simple I mean what could be simpler:
Returns < 0 if str1 is less than str2; > 0 if str1 is greater than str2, and 0 if they are equal.
Pretty straightforward right how could this possibly be messed up it’s freaking strcmp either the strings are equal or they ain’t right
http://danuxx.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/unauthorized-access-bypassing-php-strcmp.html
GODS FREAKING DARN IT ALL TO HECK.
This is why I hate you, PHP! This is why I consider you an unmitigated failure, a pox on the good name of programming!
Dear language designer, pick one:
- A language with a very casual typing system;
- A language with standard API functions that cannot return an error indicating incompatible types were passed at runtime.
NOT BOTH. YOU CAN’T HAVE BOTH.
When I shared this on Twitter, legions of people showed up to say it was the programmer’s fault for using strcmp(). Riddle me this: is strcmp() part of the standard PHP API? Yes. Is it deprecated? No. Are there any caution notes in the official documentation? No. I don’t care how hard you try to blame the programmer, this is fundamentally bad language design. It’s a trap.
You can easily cut yourself on the standard API of many languages. The difference is that languages like C are labeled “sharp knife” and PHP is labeled “child-safe scissors.” Cutting yourself should not be this easy.
Dear sweet merciful angels I want to stab this language, twist the knife, yank out its still-beating heart and smash it against a rock.
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ 0xabad1dea OUT.
