Re: [PHP] Boolean type forced on string assignment inside if statement

On 01/02/2013 10:21 AM, Marc Guay wrote: Won't this type of condition/test always return true? I simplified the example. In my real life case the "foo" and "bar" are variables which can be empty strings, and if they both are not, I would like to display them. Marc Then why not use empty()?

Re: [PHP] Boolean type forced on string assignment inside if statement

On 01/02/2013 07:53 AM, Marc Guay wrote: Hi folks, if ($a = "foo"&& $b = "bar"){ echo $a."".$b; } Returns: 1 bar I expect: foo bar Is this documented? Marc Why would you do this. I cannot envision a time or condition that would require such a "test". Can you please explain why you

[PHP] Re: Boolean type forced on string assignment inside if statement

On 02 Jan 2013 at 16:05, Stephen wrote: > On 13-01-02 10:53 AM, Marc Guay wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> if ($a = "foo" && $b = "bar"){ >> echo $a."".$b; >> } >> >> Returns: >> 1 >> bar >> >> I expect: >> foo >> bar >> >> Is this documented? >> > > && takes precedence over = > > http://php.net/m

Re: [PHP] Boolean type forced on string assignment inside if statement

On 13-01-02 10:53 AM, Marc Guay wrote: Hi folks, if ($a = "foo" && $b = "bar"){ echo $a."".$b; } Returns: 1 bar I expect: foo bar Is this documented? && takes precedence over = http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.precedence.php You may want to use brackets -- Stephen -- P