note 81477 deleted from language.operators.logical by hholzgra

Note Submitter: Benjamin ---- Re:Richard I show $b printing 1 rather than "banana". Here's how I understand what's going on. <?php //"||" has a greater precedence than "or" $a=0 or $a="avocado"; //evaluated as ($a=0) or ($a="avacado") //Since $a=0 is false, $a="avocado" is evaluated and $a is assigned the string value "avocado". echo "$a"; //prints "avocado" var_dump ($a); // string(7) "avocado" $b=0 || $b="banana"; // evaluated as $b = (0 || $b = "banana") echo $b; //prints "1" var_dump ($b); // bool(true) ?>