String "info" is converted to integer, which is 0... a) if("info" == "0") b) if("info" === 0) c) if("info" == (string)0) Or use strcmp() Cya... Read a book "PHP for beginners" -----Original Message----- From: Bogdan Stancescu [mailto:gutza@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 5:13 AM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Strange comparison behaviour You probably mis-typed something: [bogdan@myserver ~]$ php <? if ("info" == 0) echo "is 0\n"; else echo "not 0\n"; ?> Content-type: text/html X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.11 is 0 Cheers, Bogdan Erwin Kerk wrote: > Hi All, > > Can anyone explain me why the following code: > > if ("info" == 0) echo "is 0\n"; else echo "not 0\n"; > > Results in: not 0 > > > Whereas: > > if ("inf" == 0) echo "is 0\n"; else echo "not 0\n"; > > Results in: is 0 > > > > Notice the difference: info in the first sample, inf in the second sample. > > > The used PHP version is PHP 4.1.2 (CLI version) > > > Erwin Kerk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php