On May 19, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Alex Nikitin wrote:

> PHP_SELF requires no processing (i.e. there is no need to do basename())
> 
> strcmp is binary-safe, i prefer and  recommend using string-safe comparison
> functions for strings... here is an example of why:
> 
> $value = 0;
> if($value=="not zero") {
>    echo "oopsie, how did this happen, lets see how this works with strcmp
> (or === which i would advise)";
>    if(strcmp($value, "not zero") == 0) {
>        echo "You wont see this";
>    } else {
>        echo "Because strcmp works correctly";
>    }
> }
> 
> you can also use the exact comparator ===, as it compares types, it would
> work well as well. Infact if you dont need to determing anything about the
> string, i would suggest using the === operator as it is significantly
> faster:
> 
> timed: 0m0.724s
> <?php
> for($i=0; $i<=10000000; $i++){
>  if(1 === "submit") {
>    continue;
>  }
> }
> 
> timed: 0m4.785s
> <?php
> for($i=0; $i<=10000000; $i++){
>  if(strcmp(1, "submit")==0) {
>    continue;
>  }
> }
> 
> --
> The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is
> doing until it’s too late.  ~Seymour Cray


I almost exclusively use ===. 

Regards,

-Josh
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http://joshuakehn.com


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