I figured it was along those lines... i know that perl also caught me a few times becuase perl differentiates between "==" and "eq" for numerical or string comparisions.
I'll probaly end up using the "===", becuase i've got a severe aversion to using functions for comparisions. :-) -- Scott Hurring Systems Programmer EAC Corporation scott (*) eac.com -- "Marco Tabini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I think this is happening because you're comparing apples to oranges. > Your first comparison causes an integer to be compared to a string. > Because the string "string" evaluates to the integer value 0, the > comparison succeeds. The manual recommends the use of the identical > comparison operator (===) instead, or--better yet--the strcmp() function > when comparing two strings. > > Cheers, > > > Marco > > -- > ------------ > php|architect - The magazine for PHP Professionals > The monthly worldwide magazine dedicated to PHP programmers > > Come visit us at http://www.phparch.com! > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
