Why strange IF...ELSE behavior

[J-P]

Hi all,

I'm getting a strange result with the following IF statement:

$bar = ($foo == 'last') ? true : false;

In my script $foo normaly has a integer value greater than 0, but can have
last as value. But whatever value of $foo $bar always becomes true.
When I use the regular if {....}else{....} I get the same result, always
$bar becomes true.
I've played around with a couple things, like turning the statement around
($foo != 'last') but nothing seems to give the desired result.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong or how to fix this.

Thanx,
J-P

[P'tit Marcel]

J-P écrivit:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm getting a strange result with the following IF statement:
>
> $bar = ($foo == 'last') ? true : false;
>
> In my script $foo normaly has a integer value greater than 0, but can
> have last as value. But whatever value of $foo $bar always becomes
> true.

It's due to the silent type casting of php
you should use === instead of ==


--
P'tit Marcel

[J-P]

>
> It's due to the silent type casting of php
> you should use === instead of ==
>

Thanx that did it, never to late to learn something.