# Make switch/case to type sensitive comparison in PH P 5?

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/254
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- Started by Ford on 2003-03-25T11:27:14+00:00
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## #254 — Ford — 2003-03-25T11:27:14+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/254#254

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zeev Suraski [mailto:zeev@zend.com]
> Sent: 24 March 2003 17:58
> To: Joey Smith
> 
> At 05:07 24/03/2003, Joey Smith wrote:
> > […]
> have switch
> > […]
> something that
> > […]
> It's not a 'feature', it's a feature.  It's not likely to 
> change, dynamic 
> type conversion is one of the foundations of PHP.

Well, yes, but we have == and === for other situations, so some sort of
analogue for use in switches would be nice (I've been bitten by this one
more than once myself!).

I'd love to see, say, case_identical for requesting an === comparison, with
case continuing as before to do an == comparison.

Cheers!

Mike

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## #289 — Zeev Suraski — 2003-03-26T01:46:38+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/254#289 · In reply to: #254

At 03:27 25/03/2003, Ford, Mike               [LSS] wrote:
>I'd love to see, say, case_identical for requesting an === comparison, with
>case continuing as before to do an == comparison.

I'd really not love to see it :)  Use an if-else chain of === comparisons 
instead if that's what you really need.

Zeev