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PHP: Why does true is equal to -1?
echo (true == -1 ? "I'm a little bit surprising" : "Life is easy");

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I'm a little bit surprising

May someone explain me why is -1 equal to true? Thank you

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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Just read the manual, it says:

When converting to bool, the following values are considered false:

  • the boolean false itself
  • the integer 0 (zero)
  • the floats 0.0 and -0.0 (zero)
  • the empty string, and the string "0"
  • an array with zero elements
  • the special type NULL (including unset variables)
  • SimpleXML objects created from attributeless empty elements, i.e. elements which have neither children nor attributes.

Every other value is considered true (including any resource and NAN).

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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