note 95908 added to language.types.boolean

Correction for "russell dot harper at springboardnetworks dot com". 0.0 does return false, because 0.0 = 0. the reason you are getting a TRUE from your value is because your are putting 0.0 inside a string. yours: print '0.0'."\t".((bool)'0.0'? 1: 0)."\n"; try: print 0.0."\t".((bool)0.0? 1: 0)."\n"; "0.0" => true; Because it is a non empty string. '0.0' => true; Because it is a non empty string. 0.0 => false; because it is a value equal to 0. for "" = false while "0.0" and "200" = true; ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 196.210.177.197 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/95908 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95908/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95908/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95908/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95908/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95908/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95908/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95908 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/95908 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php