I was very surprised when I came across the == issue sometime ago. IMO strings should be compared as strings. They should never be converted to integer.
1=="1" // always convert the number value to a string and then compare it "foo" == 0 // should return false "123abc" == "123nth" // compare as string. Do not convert to numeric values "0"==0 // true 0=="0." // false PHP is great but if we can work together to remove the flaws, then we can make it even greater. We have to leave the past behind us and look at where we want PHP to be in the next 5 years Best regards,