max/min return wrong value if signed (negative) zero

Description

The following code:

https://3v4l.org/JXU4T#v8.4.13

<?php
var_dump( min( round( -0.01 / 2, 0 ), 0 ) );
var_dump( max( round( -0.01 / 2, 0 ), 0 ) );

Resulted in this output:

int(0)
float(-0)

But I expected this output instead:

float(-0)
int(0)

For 99.9% of applications, this output is actually what people would expect however: (instead of -0)

float(0)
int(0)

so I guess it would make sense to also change that.

This does not have any impact on calculations or comparisons, this is purely visual but can lead to unexpected behavior if the returned number is used as a string (e.g. substr, strtok,...) since there suddenly is an additional character in front of the numbers.
This is especially unexpected, when the float is the result of float arithmetics, which can minimally negative numbers in some cases

PHP Version

8.4

Operating System

No response

Inizia riproducendo l’esempio 3v4l collegato su PHP 8.4, quindi traccia i punti di ingresso di min() e max() che gestiscono signed zero. Determina se la correzione prevista conserva -0 o lo normalizza a 0, e verifica il comportamento scelto con una copertura di regressione per le chiamate segnalate.