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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] not_null function
From: kris.craig@gmail.com (Kris Craig)

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>
>     $var !== null
>     ! is_null($var)


Is there any *practical* difference between these two?  I mean, aside from
performance?  I still don't get why we need is_null() at all if the exact
same thing can be accomplished-- but with better performance-- with ===
NULL.

--Kris

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