note 74720 added to language.operators.bitwise

Don't forget operator precedence. == has a higher precedence than does & so in the cases that you've written if (9 & 8 == 8) echo 'true'; else echo 'false'; is the same as 9 & (8 ==8) which is 9 & true or 9 & 1 which is 1 which is true if (8 & 8 == 8) echo 'true'; else echo 'false'; is the same as 8 & (8 == 8) which is 8 & true or 8 & 1 which is 0 which is false Putting in parentheses is required to cause the bitwise and to take place before the comparison. ---- Server IP: 69.39.81.135 Probable Submitter: 65.91.98.102 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.bitwise.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74720 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74720/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74720/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74720/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74720/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74720/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74720/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74720 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74720 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php