On 21 October 2010 12:42, Richard Quadling <rquadling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 21 October 2010 10:39, 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]
>
> What is the response when the string is NOT "TRUE" or "FALSE"?
<?php
$s_OriginalValue = 'FALSE';
$b_Test = in_array($s_Test = strtolower($s_OriginalValue),
array('true', 'false')) ? !!strcmp($s_Test, 'false') : null;
var_dump($b_Test);
$s_OriginalValue = 'TRUE';
$b_Test = in_array($s_Test = strtolower($s_OriginalValue),
array('true', 'false')) ? !!strcmp($s_Test, 'false') : null;
var_dump($b_Test);
$s_OriginalValue = 'GARBAGE';
$b_Test = in_array($s_Test = strtolower($s_OriginalValue),
array('true', 'false')) ? !!strcmp($s_Test, 'false') : null;
var_dump($b_Test);
?>
outputs ...
bool(false)
bool(true)
NULL
But, really? What's wrong with if()?
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