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2024-12-23

PHP 类型比较表

以下的表格显示了 PHP 类型和比较运算符在松散和严格比较时的作用。该补充材料还和类型戏法的相关章节内容有关。同时，大量的用户注释和 » BlueShoes 的工作也给该材料提供了帮助。

在使用这些表格之前，需要明白变量类型及它们的意义。例如，"42" 是一个字符串而 42 是一个整数。false 是一个布尔值而 "false" 是一个字符串。

注意:
HTML 表单并不传递整数、浮点数或者布尔值，它们只传递字符串。要想检测一个字符串是不是数字，可以使用 is_numeric() 函数。

注意:
在没有定义变量 $x 的时候，诸如 if ($x) 的用法会导致一个 E_NOTICE 级别的错误。所以，可以考虑用 empty() 或者 isset() 函数来初始化变量。

注意:
某些数值操作会导致一个特殊值，可以用常量 NAN 表示。无论是松散还是严格比较，这个值和其他任意值（包括它自身，但排除 true）比较时都会产生 false 的结果，例如 NAN != NAN 和 NAN !== NAN。导致 NAN 的操作例子包括 sqrt(-1)、asin(2)、 acosh(0)。

**使用 PHP 函数对变量 `$x` 进行比较**
表达式	gettype()	empty()	is_null()	isset()	boolean : `if($x)`
`$x = "";`	string	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`
`$x = null;`	NULL	`true`	`true`	`false`	`false`
`var $x;`	NULL	`true`	`true`	`false`	`false`
`$x` is undefined	NULL	`true`	`true`	`false`	`false`
`$x = [];`	array	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`
`$x = ['a', 'b'];`	array	`false`	`false`	`true`	`true`
`$x = false;`	boolean	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`
`$x = true;`	boolean	`false`	`false`	`true`	`true`
`$x = 1;`	integer	`false`	`false`	`true`	`true`
`$x = 42;`	integer	`false`	`false`	`true`	`true`
`$x = 0;`	integer	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`
`$x = -1;`	integer	`false`	`false`	`true`	`true`
`$x = "1";`	string	`false`	`false`	`true`	`true`
`$x = "0";`	string	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`
`$x = "-1";`	string	`false`	`false`	`true`	`true`
`$x = "php";`	string	`false`	`false`	`true`	`true`
`$x = "true";`	string	`false`	`false`	`true`	`true`
`$x = "false";`	string	`false`	`false`	`true`	`true`

**松散比较 `==`**
	`true`	`false`	`1`	`0`	`-1`	`"1"`	`"0"`	`"-1"`	`null`	`[]`	`"php"`	`""`
`true`	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`true`	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`
`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`true`	`true`	`false`	`true`
`1`	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`0`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`*	`false`*
`-1`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`"1"`	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`"0"`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`"-1"`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`null`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`true`	`false`	`true`
`[]`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`true`	`false`	`false`
`"php"`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`*	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`
`""`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`*	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`true`

* 代表在 PHP 8.0.0 之前为 true。

**严格比较 `===`**
	`true`	`false`	`1`	`0`	`-1`	`"1"`	`"0"`	`"-1"`	`null`	`[]`	`"php"`	`""`
`true`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`1`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`0`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`-1`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`"1"`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`"0"`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`"-1"`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`null`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`	`false`
`[]`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`	`false`
`"php"`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`	`false`
`""`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`false`	`true`

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php at richardneill dot org ¶

10 years ago


[Editor's note: As of PHP 5.4.4 this is no longer true. Integral strings that overflow into floating point numbers will no longer be considered equal.]


Be wary of string-comparison where both strings might be interpreted as numbers.  Eg:


$x="123456789012345678901234567890"; $y="123456789012345678900000000000";

echo  ($x==$y)?"equal":"not_equal";   #Prints equal !!


Both strings are getting converted to floats, then losing precision, then becoming equal :-(


Using "===" or making either of the strings non-numeric will prevent this.

[This is on a 32-bit machine, on a 64-bit, you will have to make the strings longer to see the effect]

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php at benizi dot com ¶

12 years ago


It's interesting to note that 'empty()' and 'boolean : if($x)'
are paired as logical opposites, as are 'is_null()' and 'isset()'.

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aidan at php dot net ¶

17 years ago


The way PHP handles comparisons when multiple types are concerned is quite confusing.

For example:
"php" == 0

This is true, because the string is casted interally to an integer. Any string (that does not start with a number), when casted to an integer, will be 0.

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frank ¶

14 years ago


A comparison table for <=,<,=>,> would be nice...
Following are TRUE (tested PHP4&5):
NULL <= -1
NULL <= 0
NULL <= 1
!(NULL >= -1)
NULL >= 0
!(NULL >= 1)
That was a surprise for me (and it is not like SQL, I would like to have the option to have SQL semantics with NULL...).

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Jan ¶

16 years ago


Note that php comparison is not transitive:

"php" == 0 => true
0 == null => true
null == "php" => false

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blue dot hirano at gmail dot com ¶

7 years ago


The truth tables really ought to be colorized; they're very hard to read as they are right now (just big arrays of TRUE and FALSE).

Also, something to consider: clustering the values which compare similarly (like is done on qntm.org/equality) would make the table easier to read as well. (This can be done simply by hand by rearranging the order of headings to bring related values closer together).

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alt dot jl-3gi8b7l at binich dot com ¶

4 years ago


Here's how PHP handles loose and strict comparisons of default parameters in functions:

Very unintuitive:

<?php
function f($x='surprise')
    {
    if ($x == 'surprise')
        return $x; // returns 0 !!
    }
    
echo f(0);
?>

Here some further tests:

<?php
function f($x='surprise')
    {
    if ($x == 'surprise')
        return 'A:'.$x;
    if ($x === 'surprise')
        return 'B:'.$x;
    return 'C:'.$x;
    }
    
echo "\n".f(0); // A:0 !!
echo "\n".f(0.0); // A:0 !!
echo "\n".f(NULL); // C: !!
echo "\n".f(FALSE); // C:
echo "\n".f(); // A:surprise
echo "\n".f(''); // C:
echo "\n".f((integer)0); // A:0
echo "\n".f((string)0); // C:0
echo "\n".f('0'); // C:0
echo "\n".f(0.1); // C:0.1
echo "\n".f(array()); // C:Array
echo "\n".f('surprise'); // A:surprise
?>

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edgar at goodforall dot eu ¶

12 years ago


Some function to write out your own comparisson table in tsv format. Can be easily modified to add more testcases and/or binary functions. It will test all comparables against each other with all functions. 

<?php
$funcs = array(
        /* Testing equality */
        'eq' => '==',
        'ne' => '!=',
        'gt' => '>',
        'lt' => '<',
        'ne2' => '<>',
        'lte' => '<=',
        'gte' => '>=',
        /* Testing identity */
        'id' => '===',
        'nid' => '!=='
);
class Test {
        protected $a;
        public $b;
        public function __construct($a,$b){
                $this->a = $a;
                $this->b = $b;
        }
        public function getab(){
                return $this->a.",". $this->b;
        }

}
$tst1 = new Test(1,2);
$tst2 = new Test(1,2);
$tst3 = new Test(2,2);
$tst4 = new Test(1,1);

$arr1 = array(1,2,3);
$arr2 = array(2,3,4);
$arr3 = array('a','b','c','d');
$arr4 = array('a','b','c');
$arr5 = array();

$comp1 = array(
        'ints' => array(-1,0,1,2),
        'floats' => array(-1.1,0.0,1.1,2.0),
        'string' => array('str', 'str1', '', '1'),
        'bools' => array(true, false),
        'null' => array(null),
        'objects' => array($tst1,$tst2,$tst3,$tst4),
        'arrays' => array($arr1, $arr2, $arr3, $arr4, $arr5)
);
$fbody = array();

foreach($funcs as $name => $op){
        $fbody[$name] = create_function('$a,$b', 'return $a ' . $op . ' $b;');
}

$table = array(array('function', 'comp1', 'comp2', 'f comp1 comp2', 'type'));
/* Do comparisons */
$comp2  = array();
foreach($comp1 as $type => $val){
        $comp2[$type] = $val;
}

foreach($comp1 as $key1 => $val1){
        foreach($comp2 as $key2 => $val2){
                addTableEntry($key1, $key2, $val1, $val2);
        }
}
$out = '';
foreach($table as $row){
        $out .= sprintf("%-20s\t%-20s\t%-20s\t%-20s\t%-20s\n", $row[0], $row[1], $row[2], $row[3], $row[4]);
}

print $out;
exit;

function addTableEntry($n1, $n2, $comp1, $comp2){
        global $table, $fbody;
        foreach($fbody as $fname => $func){
                        foreach($comp1 as $val1){
  foreach($comp2 as $val2){
                                        $val = $func($val1,$val2);
                                                $table[] = array($fname, gettype($val1) . ' => ' . sprintval($val1), gettype($val2) .' => ' . sprintval($val2), gettype($val) . ' => ' . sprintval($val), gettype($val1) . "-" . gettype($val2) . '-' . $fname);
                                        }
                        }
        }
}

function sprintval($val){
        if(is_object($val)){
                return 'object-' . $val->getab();
        }
        if(is_array($val)){
                return implode(',', $val);
        }
        if(is_bool($val)){
                if($val){
                        return 'true';
                }
                return 'false';
        }
        return strval($val);
}

?>

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TrickyFoxy ¶

2 years ago


<?php
echo md5('240610708') == md5('QNKCDZO') ? "equal" : "not equal"; // prints equal!!!

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trexx68 ¶

7 years ago


If you want to view the truth tables colorized, just:

1. Save a local copy of this page as an .html file,
2. View the page source with any text editor.
3. Replace the opening <head> tag so it will include this: 

<head> 
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

4. Replace the closing </body> tag with this: 

  <script>
    $( "td:contains('FALSE')" ).css("color", "red");
    $( "td:contains('TRUE')" ).css("color", "green");
  </script>
</body>

5. Save the file, and view it on your browser.  Enjoy.

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Anonymous ¶

7 years ago


The loose comparison chart is missing a few things.

array(1)==true returns true.

also:

(int)array(1) === 1 returns true

This is symmetric:

array(1) === (array)1 returns true

but the loose comparison

array(1)==1 still returns false.

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jerryschwartz at comfortable dot com ¶

16 years ago


In some languages, a boolean is promoted to an integer (with a value of 1 or -1, typically) if used in an expression with an integer. I found that PHP has it both ways:

If you add a boolean with a value of true to an integer with a value of 3, the result will be 4 (because the boolean is cast as an integer).

On the other hand, if you test a boolean with a value of true for equality with an integer with a value of three, the result will be true (because the integer is cast as a boolean).

Surprisingly, at first glance, if you use either < or > as the comparison operator the result is always false (again, because the integer as cast as a boolean, and true is neither greater nor less than true).

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crazy888s at hotmail dot com ¶

9 years ago


PHP's loose comparisons can be a huge convenience when used properly! It's extremely helpful to just remember the following are always FALSE:

null, false, "", 0, "0", array()

If your application never depends on a particular "empty/false/null/0/not set" value type, you won't have to worry about 99% of the other weird cases listed here. You won't need empty() or isset(). And ALL variable types will always work as expected for statements like:

if(boolean && !string){...}
if(array){...}
if(!null || int){...}

Consider the same when working with your database values.

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Anonymous ¶

8 years ago


I'm running PHP 5.5.3.

This is a correction to one of the previous posts.

<?php
$o = new stdClass();
$o->we = 12;

$o2 = new stdClass();
$o2->we = 12;

$o3 = clone $o2;
var_dump($o == $o2); //true
var_dump($o === $o2); //false
var_dump($o3 === $o2); //false
?>

Output is:

true, false, false

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biziclop at vipmail dot hu ¶

4 years ago


Want to strictly compare integers that may or may not be converted to floats (via PHPExcel import/export, etc.)? You are out of luck:

var_dump(   (int)1 ===   (int)1 ); // bool(true)
var_dump( (float)1 === (float)1 ); // bool(true)
var_dump( (float)1 ===   (int)1 ); // bool(false)
var_dump(   (int)1 === (float)1 ); // bool(false)

This slightly complicated function might help you:

function equal_numbers( $a, $b ){
  if( $a === $b )  return true;
  if(   is_int( $a ) && is_float( $b ))  return (float)$a === $b && $a ===   (int)$b;
  if( is_float( $a ) &&   is_int( $b ))  return   (int)$a === $b && $a === (float)$b;
  return false;
}

Here are some tests:

test(100, 100.0 ); // int(100) float(100) bool(true) 
test(  0,  -0   ); // int(0)   int(0)     bool(true) 
test( -0,  -0.0 ); // int(0)   float(-0)  bool(true)
test(  0, 1/0   ); // int(0)   float(INF) bool(false)
test(  0, acos(2));// int(0)   float(NAN) bool(false)
test(       PHP_INT_MAX * 10, 0 );             //float(92233720368547758080) int(0) bool(false)
test((float)PHP_INT_MAX,     PHP_INT_MAX     );//float(9223372036854775808)  int(9223372036854775807) bool(false)
test((float)PHP_INT_MAX / 2, PHP_INT_MAX / 2 );//float(4611686018427387904)  float(4611686018427387904) bool(true)

function test( $a, $b ){
  var_dump( $a, $b, equal_numbers( $a, $b ));
}

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info at shaelf dot ru ¶

14 years ago


Compare object
<?php
$o = new stdClass();
$o->we = 12;

$o2 = new stdClass();
$o2->we = 12;

$o3 = clone $o2;
var_dump($o == $o2); //true
var_dump($o === $o2); //false
var_dump($o3 === $o2); //true
?>

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php at ckls dot net ¶

3 years ago


regarding the editors note in php at richardneill dot org note:
[Editor's note: As of PHP 5.4.4 this is no longer true. Integral strings that overflow into floating point numbers will no longer be considered equal.]

While this is true, there is still the following behaviour:
<?php
$x = "1";
$y = "+1";
var_dump($x == $x);
?>
outputs "bool(true)".  
So still be wary of string-comparison where both strings might be interpreted as numbers.

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mark at theanti dot social ¶

4 years ago


There is also 0.0 which is not identical to 0.

  $x = 0.0; 
  gettype($x); // double
  empty($x); // true
  is_null($x); //false
  isset($x); // true
  is_numeric($x); // true
  $x ? true : false; // false
  $x == 0; // true
  $x == "0"; // true
  $x == "0.0"; // true
  $x == false; // true
  $x == null; // true
  $x === 0; // false
  $x === false; // false
  $x === null; // false
  $x === "0"; // false
  $x === "0.0"; // false

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Jouriy LYSENKO ¶

11 years ago


If $var not declared.

In php 5.2 :
<?php if($var) ?> - work

in php 5.3 :
<?php if($var) ?> - dont work and generate error E_NOTICE

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aravind dot a dot padmanabhan at gmail dot com ¶

7 years ago


please note that

$x = 0.0 ;
print empty($x); // returns 1 (true) 

$x = "0.0";
print empty($x); // returns blank (false);

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engineer dot morozov at gmail dot com ¶

6 years ago


If you want to calculate how much more/less items by the criterion

Example:

in loop:
$counter += intval($item->isValid()) <=> 0.5;

if $counter >= 0 - valid items are more then invalid on $counter
if $counter  < 0 - valid items are less then invalid on $counter

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Anonymous ¶

1 year ago


I noticed that some "magic" also happens when comparing strings with leading zeros with only two equal signs:

<?php
var_dump('1' == '01');
var_dump('01' == '000001');
?>

Output:
bool(true)
bool(true)

If the string contains only numbers all leading zeroes seem to be ignored.

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tom ¶

17 years ago


<?php

if (strlen($_POST['var']) > 0) {

    // form value is ok

}

?>



When working with HTML forms this a good way to:


(A) let "0" post values through like select or radio values that correspond to array keys or checkbox booleans that would return FALSE with empty(), and;

(B) screen out $x = "" values, that would return TRUE with isset()!


Because HTML forms post values as strings, this is a good way to test variables!


[[Editor Note: This will create a PHP Error of level E_NOTICE if the checked variable (in this case $_POST['var']) is undefined. It may be used after (in conjuection with) isset() to prevent this.]]

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