Because it is an if statement, just in a different form, and preg_match is more computational expensive than a direct string comparison. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk ----- Reply message ----- From: "Russell Dias" <rus321@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 11:03 Subject: [PHP] "My truth comes out" [1] To: "ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> I'm curious to know why 'thats as bad as an if' ? It's simple, concise, understandble and does the job. So, I'm curious to know why exactly its bad? On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:01 PM, ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That's as bad as an if! > > What about using settype() on the string? I've not tested it, but it looks like it should do the trick. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Russell Dias" <rus321@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 10:51 > Subject: [PHP] "My truth comes out" [1] > To: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > preg_match("/false/i", $string) ? false : true; > > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Gary <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Is there any nice way to convert a string containing either "TRUE" or >> "FALSE" to a bool with the appropriate value? I know I can just "if >> (strcmp..." but, as the song goes on to say "...ugly, so ugly, it's ugly"[1] >> >> Footnotes: >> [1] Â"Mask", Henry Rollins >> >> -- >> Gary >> >> >> -- >> 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 > >
