<?php
 function check($var_1, $var_2)
 {
  if ( $var_1 == $var_2 )
   echo "a true <br>\n";
  else
   echo "a false <br>\n";
  if ( (string)$var_1 == (string)$var_2 )
   echo "b true <br>\n";
  else
   echo "b false <br>\n";
  if ( strcmp($var_1, $var_2) == 0 )
   echo "c true <br>\n";
  else
   echo "c false <br>\n";
 }

 check('997310325024327300', '997310325024327300');
 check('997310325024327300', '997310325024327301');
?>

php-4.0.6

09:51 -root- /home/httpd/vhosts/blazers
php -q test.php 
a true <br>
b true <br>
c true <br>
a true <br>
b true <br>
c false <br>
09:51 -root- /home/httpd/vhosts/blazers

ok I can understand the first if() failing, php is conffused and things I want to compare int not strings, this is a peave because php only supports upto signed long int, which this is much larger, I think php should realize this and compare them as strings.

the second fails too .. ? this is strange because I have spec. type casted that as strings, they should compare fine as strings. this is where I beleive there is more then a quirk and more of a bug.

the third susceeds just as it should, its just not near as elegant as a simple if ($var_1 == $var_2).

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  Chris Lee
  lee@mediawaveonline.com