Hello php-dev, Why & How this code will work?
<? function foo($flag) { return $flag; } $a=TRUE; echo "if (!\$a = foo(FALSE))) is "; if (!$a = foo(FALSE)) echo "true"; else echo "false"; echo "\n"; var_dump($a); echo "\n"; ?> Output: if (!$a = foo(FALSE))) is true bool(false) http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.php "Operator Precedence" `!` has more precedence than `=` And after `!` we must have boolean constant in left side: FALSE = foo() Explain to me pls that I do not understand P.S. in C & Perl (!$a = foo()) is not valid expression Best regards, Andrew Sitnikov e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] GSM: (+372) 56491109 -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php