question about string.

[yong]

this is my test code
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<?php
var_dump('1' >'a');//bool(false)
var_dump('97'>'a');//ASCⅡ a->97//bool(false)
var_dump('97'<'a');//bool(true)
var_dump('98'>'a');//bool(false)


?>


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i want to know why?

why i can receive this result?

what is they compare with eachother's standard?

my english is very poor ,i am chinese

if you can't understand hat i said ,please reaply to me?

think you very much

[btherl]

When comparing strings, "lexical comparison" is used.

1st character of string is compared, then 2nd character, then 3rd, ...

If you compare "123" and "abc", php will check "1" and "a", using an ascii table like this: http://www.lookuptables.com/

If you compare "123" and "12c", php will check "1" and "1", then "2" and "2", then "3" and "c".  It looks for the first difference.

BUT, if you compare "123" and "321", php will compare them as numbers.  It only compares strings if it cannot convert them to numbers.  If you always want string comparison, you can use strcmp()

[yong]

i understand this

think you very much btherl ..:)