Question

In PHP, what is an underlying reason of placing either boolean or null before identical comparison operator?

false === $value;   
null === $value;

It seems to me that it is same as saying

$value === false;

Is it just a personal preference or there is a concrete reason why people do this?

Answer 1

It’s a convention to avoid the mistake of accidentally assigning a variable.

$value = false;

instead of

$value === false;