> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Ok i found something very interesting > >>, i have a session var setup to check for a groupID which is an > >>integer, > >> > >>if ($_SESSION['groupID']==1) { this was working, then when > i changed it > >>to > >> > >>if ($_SESSION['groupID']===1) { per recomendation, it does > not now ! i > >>was going through my code and changing things, now i fear it may all > >>break ? > >> > > > > > > I changed it to if ($_SESSION['groupID']==='1') { and it > worked, why was > > that, is what i did before bad practice ? > > > > I think $_SESSION['groupID'] here is considered a string, > which is going > to evaluate to 0 (zero) in comparisons. Hence 0 === 1 will return > false. However, when you enclose the 1 in quotes, it becomes > a string > too for comparison, and will evaluate to 0. Someone correct > me if I am > mistaken.
I think the first bit of what you're saying is right, but when '1' is used, then a string comparison between '0' === '1' is done since both are now strings (or am I mistaken?). Martin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php