note 115415 added to control-structures.if

It has been said that an assignment in an if statement always resolves to 'true'. However, that is only the case if the value being assigned is not null. if ($a = 1) // will produce true if ($a = null) // will produce false ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 69.171.153.201 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.if.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/115415 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115415/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115415/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115415/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115415/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115415/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115415/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115415 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/115415 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php