RE: [PHP] Number Comparison..Languange Problem???
| From: | o dot cook at etoncollege dot org dot uk | Date: | Thu, 28 Dec 2000 17:42:10 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Number Comparison..Languange Problem??? | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Don't quote me on this, but I think the prefix "0" tells PHP that the number
is octal (i.e. base 8 not base 10), in which case 111 doesn't equal 111, if
you see what I mean.
Regards,
Ollie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reuben D Budiardja [mailto:reubendb@goshen.edu]
> Sent: 28 December 2000 17:36
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] Number Comparison..Languange Problem???
>
>
>
> Suppose I have something like:
> $var1 = 0111;
> $var2 = 111;
>
> and I do:
>
> if($var1 == $var2)
> echo "TRUE";
> else
> echo "FALSE";
>
> that will return false. Isn't that supposse to be true, since 0111 is
> essentially 111, and they both are the same type (ie. number)? the
> variables are not define as string, so why do they give me
> FALSE in the
> comparison?
>
> Thanks for any help
> Reuben D. Budiardja
>
>
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