I would guess that the string "foo" evaluates to integer 0 in the comparison because $x is an integer, so that $x = 0 = true Use === (in PHP 4) to do type checking as well.
Rudolf Visagie Principal Software Developer Digital Healthcare Solutions <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tel: 011 2655478 Cell: 082 895 1598 -----Original Message----- From: Jan Rademaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Please explain... Can someone explain why this works? $x = 0; if ($x == "foo") { print "yeah"; } This prints 'yeah', but i can't figure out why... -- Jan Rademaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.ottobak.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
