note 32504 deleted from control-structures by didou

Note Submitter: John ---- In response to Armond: I believe (meaning I haven't tested :-) that the reason this happens is that ($b || $c) is a boolean test. ie-the computer sees this as: is $b or $c true? As many (most?) languages see any non-zero value as a boolean TRUE, your statement: if ($a == ($b || $c)) becomes the equivilant of: if (TRUE == (TRUE || TRUE)) which will always return true. This is why, if you are trying to compare a single value against two separate values (/variables/functions/etc.) you must use the syntax: if ($a == $b || $a == $c) to work correctly. Then (in the given example) you will say: (is $a equal to $b) or (is $a equal to $c) ? which returns FALSE. Again, I'm not positive, but I believe this might be what's happening. (A good test might be to set $b and $c = 0, then run your test. If what I believe is true, then the test should return FALSE.)