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Re: A little tip [message #177467 is a reply to message #177454] Sat, 31 March 2012 14:05 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 3/30/2012 4:55 PM, Shelly wrote:
> On 3/30/2012 4:30 PM, Thomas Mlynarczyk wrote:
>> Shelly schrieb:
>>
>>> $val = TRUE;
>>
>>> $val &= TRUE;
>>>
>>> which is identical to
>>>
>>> $val = $val && TRUE;
>>
>> No. &= is a bitwise operator while && means the logical AND operator. So
>> when you do $val &= TRUE, PHP is trying to do TRUE & TRUE, but since
>> bitwise operators only work with integers, TRUE is first coerced into
>> the integer 1. So the operation ends up as 1 & 1 yielding the integer 1.
>> Thus, $val = 1. The === operator checks the type of the operands which
>> are int and bool and thus not the same, while == tries to convert the
>> operands into something "comparable" and since they are both "truish"
>> the result is TRUE here.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Thomas
>>
>
> Thank you. That makes a lot of sense. So, what I have to do if I want to
> use === is to use the expanded form
>
> $val = $val && TRUE;
>
> Right?
>
>

I should also add that you need to be careful and use the correct
operator. For instance, 2 & TRUE is false, while 2 && TRUE is true.

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