What does “===” mean?

Question

I\'ve noticed someone using the PHP operator === which I can\'t make sense out of. I\'ve tried it with a function, and it corresponds in crazy ways.

Wha

Answer 1

http://www.php.net/ternary

$a == $b Equal TRUE if $a is equal to $b, except for (True == -1) which is still True.

$a === $b Identical TRUE if $a is equal to $b, and they are of the same type.

> "5" == 5;
True
> "5" === 5;
False