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

$x == $y is TRUE if the value of the $x and $y are same:

$x = 1; //int type
$y = "1"; //string type
if ($x == $y) {
    // This will execute
}

$x === $y TRUE if the value of the $x and $y are same and type of $x and $y are same:

$x = 1; //int type
$y = "1"; //string type
if ($x === $y) {
    // This will not execute
}