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Only use ===

php -r 'var_dump( "A box of spanners" == 0 ); var_dump( "A box of spanners" == true ); var_dump( 0 == true );'

bool(true) bool(true) bool(false)

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sveneisenschmidt commented Dec 6, 2012

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Comparison statements cast string to int automatically if one of the other variable is an int.

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jaspertandy commented Dec 6, 2012

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At least they don't cast boolean to int as well. That'd be confusing as hell.

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