Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:20088 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 95041 invoked by uid 1010); 17 Nov 2005 08:04:36 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 95025 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2005 08:04:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 17 Nov 2005 08:04:36 -0000 X-Host-Fingerprint: 195.225.34.5 fw01.axit.nl Received: from ([195.225.34.5:4964] helo=localhost.localdomain) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.0 beta r(6323M)) with SMTP id 97/19-07637-3993C734 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:04:35 -0500 Message-ID: <97.19.07637.3993C734@pb1.pair.com> To: internals@lists.php.net Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:01:48 +0100 Lines: 16 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-Posted-By: 195.225.34.5 Subject: a performance question From: r.korving@xit.nl ("Ron Korving") If anybody should know this for certain, it's core developers, hence my question here. I'm curious if type certainty requires an extra check, or a check less. Which of these is faster? if ($str === 'abc') { } if ($str == 'abc') { } I expect the triple '=' to be faster, but I'd like to be sure. Thank you, Ron