Paul M Foster wrote: > I had never completely read over the rules with regard to comparisons in > PHP, and was recently alarmed to find that $str1 == $str2 might not > compare the way I thought they would. Is it common practice among PHP > coders to use strcmp() instead of == in making string comparisons? Or am > I missing/misreading something? > > Paul > I would use $str1 === $str2 if you want to make sure they are both strings and both the same value. Since PHP is loosely typed, "0" == 0 is true however "0" === 0 is false. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php