PHP 4.0 Bug #8800 Updated: Unexpected string comparison behaviour

ID: 8800 Updated by: zak Reported By: paul.rees@surfeu.com Old-Status: Open Status: Bogus Bug Type: *General Issues Assigned To: Comments: This is the expected behavior. Use the === operator to check for explicit (type and value) equality. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-01-19 05:57:02] paul.rees@surfeu.com $var1 = "0000009"; // string settype ($var1, 'string'); // ...but just to be sure echo 'var1 is a ' . gettype ($var1) . "<BR>n"; $var2 = "9"; // string settype ($var2, 'string'); // ...but just to be sure echo 'var2 is a ' . gettype ($var2) . "<BR>n"; if ($var1 == $var2) echo '...which seems to indicate that "' . $var1 . '" is the same as "' . $var2 . '" ??'; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8800