Re: Boolean type forced on string assignment inside if statement

From: Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:04:13 +0000
Subject: Re: Boolean type forced on string assignment inside if statement
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On 01/02/2013 07:53 AM, Marc Guay wrote:
Hi folks, if ($a = "foo"&& $b = "bar"){
     echo $a."<br />".$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 would want to do this? Won't this type of condition/test always return true? -- Jim Lucas http://www.cmsws.com/ http://www.cmsws.com/examples/

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