On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Bobby Pejman<bpej...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed that the following returns a 1. > > echo (1<2) ? True : False > > I was under the impression that true/false are of type boolean and not int. > But in php anything other than 0 translates to true, meaning a 1. What I am > trying to achieve is for a 1 to be a 1 and a true or false to be a true and > false respectively and I do not want to put quotes around the word true/false > either because then it is no longer a boolean but string. > > Is it possible to overwrite php's true/false and declare them as boolean? > You often see in C++, some use Define(). > > Thanks. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
It might be pertinent for you to read the section of the manual dealing with type juggling: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.types.type-juggling.php and the various things linked therein. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
