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Re: A little tip

From Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: A little tip
Date 2012-03-30 20:55 +0000
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Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> wrote in news:jl554d$1s6$1
@news.albasani.net:

> Shelly schrieb:
> 
>> $val = TRUE;
> 
>> $val &= TRUE;
>> 
>> which is identical to
>> 
>> $val = $val && TRUE;
> 
> No. &= is a bitwise operator while && means the logical AND operator. So 
> when you do $val &= TRUE, PHP is trying to do TRUE & TRUE, but since 
> bitwise operators only work with integers, TRUE is first coerced into 
> the integer 1. So the operation ends up as 1 & 1 yielding the integer 1. 
> Thus, $val = 1. The === operator checks the type of the operands which 
> are int and bool and thus not the same, while == tries to convert the 
> operands into something "comparable" and since they are both "truish" 
> the result is TRUE here.

More precisely, the reason for the difference is that == means "equivalent" and === means 
"identical". Since one value is integer and the other value is Boolean, they are equivalent 
but not identical.

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A little tip Shelly <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2012-03-30 13:02 -0400
  Re: A little tip Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-30 13:20 -0400
    Re: A little tip Shelly <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2012-03-30 14:18 -0400
      Re: A little tip Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-30 16:19 -0400
      Re: A little tip Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-03-30 22:30 +0200
        Re: A little tip Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2012-03-30 20:55 +0000
        Re: A little tip Shelly <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2012-03-30 16:55 -0400
          Re: A little tip Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-30 17:07 -0400
          Re: A little tip Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-31 10:05 -0400
            Re: A little tip Shelly <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2012-03-31 11:27 -0400
          Re: A little tip Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-04-03 15:52 +0200
            Re: A little tip Shelly <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2012-04-03 10:20 -0400
    Re: A little tip Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2012-03-30 19:36 +0000
      Re: A little tip Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-30 16:21 -0400
        Re: A little tip Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2012-03-30 20:52 +0000
          Re: A little tip Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-30 17:08 -0400
            Re: A little tip Shelly <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2012-03-30 17:22 -0400
              Re: A little tip "Mr. B-o-B" <mr.chew.baka@gmail.com> - 2012-03-30 18:00 -0500
                Re: A little tip Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-03-30 20:33 -0700
          Re: A little tip Shelly <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2012-03-30 17:20 -0400
            Re: A little tip Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-04-03 15:56 +0200
              Re: A little tip Shelly <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2012-04-03 10:20 -0400
          Re: A little tip Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-03-31 05:04 +0200
            Re: A little tip Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-30 23:31 -0400
          Re: A little tip Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-03-30 20:35 -0700
            Re: A little tip Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-30 23:53 -0400
              Re: A little tip Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2012-03-31 11:58 +0000
                Re: A little tip Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-03-31 09:05 -0400
  Re: A little tip "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2012-04-02 09:42 +0200
    Re: A little tip "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-04-02 10:22 +0200
      Re: A little tip Shelly <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2012-04-02 08:15 -0400
        Re: A little tip "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-04-02 14:27 +0200
          Re: A little tip Shelly <sheldonlg@thevillages.net> - 2012-04-02 09:40 -0400
            Re: A little tip "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-04-02 23:43 +0200

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