On May 19, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Alex Nikitin wrote: > PHP_SELF requires no processing (i.e. there is no need to do basename()) > > strcmp is binary-safe, i prefer and recommend using string-safe comparison > functions for strings... here is an example of why: > > $value = 0; > if($value=="not zero") { > echo "oopsie, how did this happen, lets see how this works with strcmp > (or === which i would advise)"; > if(strcmp($value, "not zero") == 0) { > echo "You wont see this"; > } else { > echo "Because strcmp works correctly"; > } > } > > you can also use the exact comparator ===, as it compares types, it would > work well as well. Infact if you dont need to determing anything about the > string, i would suggest using the === operator as it is significantly > faster: > > timed: 0m0.724s > <?php > for($i=0; $i<=10000000; $i++){ > if(1 === "submit") { > continue; > } > } > > timed: 0m4.785s > <?php > for($i=0; $i<=10000000; $i++){ > if(strcmp(1, "submit")==0) { > continue; > } > } > > -- > The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is > doing until it’s too late. ~Seymour Cray I almost exclusively use ===. Regards, -Josh ____________________________________ Joshua Kehn | Josh.kehn@xxxxxxxxx http://joshuakehn.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php