since when is false equal to one? in PHP, false is represented
by string(0) "", and true by 1. so, you really want
<?php if (! $a) print !$a; ?>
At 19:33 10.1. 2001, Neil Zanella wrote the following:
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>On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Toby Butzon wrote:
>
>> : <?php if (! $a) print "Hello, World!"; // script 2 ?>
>>
>> $a evaluates to false, the ! reverses it, and it prints "Hello, World!"
>
>What is bothering me is the following: if variables that are not assigned
>a value were to evaluate to false then since false is the same as the
>number 1 the following PHP script should print the number 1 but instead
>prints nothing:
>
><?php if (! $a) print $a; ?>
>
>How is this behavior justified?
>I could not find anything on this in the PHP manual.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-- Neil
>
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