note 113132 deleted from control-structures.if by levim

Note Submitter: orrd101 at yahoo dot com ---- 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(); ?>