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Asked: 2026-05-22T01:03:16+00:00

I’m pretty sure this is a simple fundamental flaw in my newb PHP knowledge,

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I’m pretty sure this is a simple fundamental flaw in my newb PHP knowledge, but I was surprised when the following happened:

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$result is TRUE… so why is it considered equal to the string “email”? I’m guessing this is because, technically, it’s a bool and it isn’t false? So when it’s compared against a string (e.g. “email”) it returns true.

Should I change my method to return as the result as a string containing “true” (instead of return true; on success), or is there another way I should be doing this?

Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, true is equal (==) to a non-empty string. Not identical (===) though.

    I suggest you peruse the type comparison table.

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