note 88112 deleted from function.define by danbrown

Note Submitter: Qwayzer ---- @mittiprovence That is not related to define(). What is puzzling you is loose comparison in PHP. "Comparing a defined constant with an int always returns true." Well, this defined constant will return false if replaced into your example: define('myDefinedName', 42); By comparing an integer to a (constant) string, PHP will type cast your string to int before comparing it to the first int. If you did not want this, you should have used the strict comparison operator (===). Your constant's value when cast to an integer (int)'stephane' will be equal to 0. So ($name == myDefinedName) evaluates to true. Hope this helps.