RE: [PHP] comparing strings does not work

strcmp returns 0 if the two strings are equal. In any case, why not just do if ($city == $city_new) $error = true; > -Original Message- > From: andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] compari

[PHP] comparing strings does not work

Hi there, I would like to compare 2 strings. I do always get a 0 return (not equal) but they are difinatelly equal, I double checked it. They are just in two different vars. Here is how I did it: if (strcmp($city, $city_new) != 0) $error = true; Does anybody see the error? Or am I going the