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PHP Comparative Operators

PHP comparative operators

PHP lets you Compare one variable or value with another via its wide range of comparison operators.

Common **Comparison** Operators
Operatos	Description
==	Equal to
===	Equal to and of the same type
!=	Not equal to
!==	Not equal to and of the same type
>	Greater than
<	Less than
>=	Greater than or equal to
<=	Less than or equal to

Here's example illustrating these operators in action

Eg ( == and === )

<?php
	
$x=10;
	
$y=10.0;
	
echo ($x==$y);
//it returns true because both the variable contains same value.
	
echo ($x===$y);
/*it returns false because === strongly compares.
here both variable contain same value i.e 10 but different datatype one is integer and another is float.*/ 

?>

in the above example. Two variable $x , $y define $x hold the value 10 $y hold value 10.0 Now perform several operation on this First check ($x==$y)=>it returns true because the value for both is same Second Check($x===$y)=>it returns false because now it also compare data-type. $y hold a float value.

Difference between ( == and === )

<?php
	
//another example
$bool=(boolean)1;
	
$int=(integer)1;
		
//return true because both have same value.
echo ($bool==$int);
		
//return false because both have same value but diff data type
echo ($bool===$int);	

?>

$bool=(boolean)1 ($bool==$int) it returns true because both have same value $int= (integer)1 ($bool===$int) its return false because both have different data type

Use of( >, <, >=, <= )

<?php	

$a=10;
		
$b=11;
			
echo $a>$b;
//return false because $a is less than $b.
				
echo $a<$b;
//return true because $a is less than $b.
		
echo $a>=$b;
//return false because neighter $a is greater nor equal to $b
		
		
echo $a<=$b;
//return true because $a is than $b.
			
?>

$a hold the value 10 $b hold the value 11 check ($a>$b)=> returns false because $a less than $b. check($a>=$b)=> returns true because $a neighter grater nor equal to $b.

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