| Re: Booleans compared to strings [message #181369 is a reply to message #181368] |
Mon, 13 May 2013 21:46   |
Thomas 'PointedEars'
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M. Strobel wrote:
> Am 13.05.2013 22:24, schrieb Doug Cassidy:
>> On Monday, May 13, 2013 6:13:11 AM UTC-7, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> On 5/13/2013 8:29 AM, Doug Cassidy wrote:
>>>> I dont see why boolean true is equal to string false in any way.
>>> A string comparison returns false only if the string is NULL, is an
>>> empty string ('') or contains a zero ('0'). All other values (including
>>> 'false') are true.
>> got it, thanks
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> My favourite link to comparison in PHP is
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/types.comparisons.php
> where you have also the "if ($x)" results.
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> Highly recommended.
Slighty off, though, because “if” is _not_ a function.
PointedEars
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