note 113132 added to control-structures.if

In the past it has been suggested that when comparing values you should reverse the logical order so that if you accidentally use a "=" instead of a "==" PHP will generate an error. For example: <?php if (3 == $foo) bar(); ?> Please consider that while there may be some limited benefit for programmers who have difficulty remembering to use "=" instead of "==", that small benefit may not be worth sacrificing readability and sensible logical order in your code. This becomes even more obvious when a function call is involved. The code "if (strtolower($a) == 'foo')" is far more logical and understandable to humans than "if ('foo' == strtolower($a))". So instead, for most code it makes sense to simply use the logical order when writing comparison statements like this: <?php if ($foo == 3) bar(); ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 99.88.245.232 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.if.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/113132 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113132/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113132/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113132/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113132/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113132/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113132/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113132 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/113132 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php