Note that this comparison is case sensitive. Test strcmp online.
int strcmp ( string $str1 , string $str2 )
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strcmp — Binary safe string comparison
$str1
, string $str2
) : int
Note that this comparison is case sensitive.
str1
The first string.
str2
The second string.
Returns < 0 if str1
is less than
str2
; > 0 if str1
is greater than str2
, and 0 if they are
equal.
Example #1 strcmp() example
<?php
$var1 = "Hello";
$var2 = "hello";
if (strcmp($var1, $var2) !== 0) {
echo '$var1 is not equal to $var2 in a case sensitive string comparison';
}
?>
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