Good point.
Would not have seen it that way.
Thanks for the tip.
Jim Lucas
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From: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Jim Lucas'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Curt Zirzow'"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: [PHP] Correct Coding
> > Could you explain a little better why this would make things better?
> >
> > I don't understand how this would improve things.
>
>
> > > Concerning the $Task == "Add", I'd like to make a comment. It can
> > > be a wise decision to compare your variables with strings like:
> > >
> > > if ("Add" == $Task)
> > >
> > > This can help preventing typo's like:
> > >
> > > if ($Task = "Add")
>
> $Task = "Add" (typo'd for $Task == "Add") would assign the value,
> clearly not your intent.
>
> "Add" = $Task would be an illegal assignment to a constant, so your
> error would be detected.
>
>
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