String equals 0??

[stickman]

Lets say I have this code:

[code]
<?php
$var = "Text";

if($var==0) {
    echo "A string is equivalent to an integer";
} else {
    echo "A string is NOT equivalent to an integer";
}
?>
[/code]

How come everytime I execute that, it outputs:

A string is equivalent to an integer

I mean, the string "Text" is not the same as the integer 0, so how are they equivalent? Is there something I'm doing wrong or did I miss reading somewhere that a string equals 0 when compared to an integer?

Thanks in advance for your help!!!

[hitman6003]

See this page:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.conversion

and this page:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.type-juggling.php

[stickman]

Thank you. That answered my question.