At 02:36 30.01.2003, Webapprentice said:
[snip]
>Hi,
>I have a conditional:
>if (a == b)
>
>a is the number 0, but b is a string "Friday August 22".
>
>The condition is evaluating as true, which is not what I want.
>What am I misunderstanding?
---
$a === $b
TRUE if $a is equal to $b, and they are of the same type. (PHP 4 only)
> -Original Message-
> From: David Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:39 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [PHP] if (a == b) ...
>
&
Cal,
Thanks for the suggestion. I looked up equality on www.php.net, and
there are many comments about how == works.
I also found out === works too, or is that still lazy?
Thanks,
Stephen
Cal Evans wrote:
Stephen,
"Friday August 22" evaluates to the number 0. (check the docs for intval())
The
Stephen,
"Friday August 22" evaluates to the number 0. (check the docs for intval())
Therefore the condition would be true.
I stated in an earlier thread this week. It is bad for to allow PHP todo
your conversions for you. At the least it's lazy, at the most it will cause
unpredictable results.
On Thursday 30 January 2003 02:39, David Freeman wrote:
> -8<-
> $a = "0";
> $b = "Friday August 22";
> -8<-
>
> and resulted in 'no match'.
Or try
$a = 0;
$c = (string) $a; // Now $c == "0"
or
if (( (string) $a == (string) $b)) {
...
The manual could be your friend, to
> I have a conditional:
> if (a == b)
>
> a is the number 0, but b is a string "Friday August 22".
>
> The condition is evaluating as true, which is not what I want.
> What am I misunderstanding?
You're comparing a string to a number perhaps?
I tried this:
-8<-
$a = 0;
$b = "Frid
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