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Subject: Comparison: ('*' == 0)  ... True or false
From: scott.mcnaught@synergy8.com ("Scott McNaught [Synergy 8]")

Hey guys,

I don=E2=80=99t know whether to post this as a bug or not.  But I was =
tricked when programming today.

It seems that the character "*" is non-strictly equivalent to 0.  Is =
this the correct behavior or am I missing something?

Test case:

<?php

var_dump('*' =3D=3D 0);

?>

Shows boolean(true).

I was unable to find any documentation as to why this would be the case.


Regards,

Scott