On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 15:17, Justin Palmer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does 0(zero) really equate to null?
> 
> if( 0 == null )
> {
>       echo 'true';
> }
> else echo 'false';
> 
> Result echo's: true
> 
> This can not be right, can it?  I have never heard of such a thing.  As
> far as I recall from any language null is of no value equaling nothing?
> So how can it equal 0?
> 
> Any help or explanation would be greatly appreciated.

In C the NULL macro is equal to 0. In PHP null is equivalent to 0. The
test will fail if you use === instead.

Cheers,
Rob.
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