True and False in PHP

php editor Xiaoxin reveals to you the truth and falsehood in PHP. As a popular programming language, PHP is often misunderstood or misinformation spread. This article will explore the real situation in PHP from various angles to help readers better understand the advantages and disadvantages of this language and avoid being misled by rumors. Let us uncover the truth about PHP together!

When using false, it does not show any output. It's worth noting that browsers always render these values ​​as String.

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Using true and false as Boolean logical values ​​in php Boolean values ​​are logical values. They can be

true

or false. Both are case-sensitive in php and are also simple data types in php.

<code><code class="language-php hljs" data-lang="php"><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#19177c">$true</span> <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">True</span>; <span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic">//returns 1 
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic"></span> <span style="color:#19177c">$false</span> <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">False</span>; <span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic">// return nothing 
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic"></span><span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">echo</span> <span style="color:#19177c">$true</span><span style="color:#666">.</span>PHP_EOL;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">echo</span> <span style="color:#19177c">$false</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic">//using comparis<strong class="keylink">io</strong>n operator to check boolean values
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic"></span><span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">if</span> (<span style="color:#19177c">$a</span> <span style="color:#666">==</span> <span style="color:#ba2121">"abc"</span>) {
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">echo</span> <span style="color:#ba2121">"return boolean value"</span>; <span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic">//returns nothing since $a is not equal to abc thus it is a false
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic"></span> }
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">if</span> (<span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">TRUE</span>) {
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>	<span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic">//because true means true
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic"></span><span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">echo</span> <span style="color:#ba2121">"Your condition is executed!"</span><span style="color:#666">.</span>PHP_EOL; 
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>}
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">if</span> (<span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">false</span>) {
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">echo</span> <span style="color:#ba2121">"It will print nothing"</span>; <span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic">//false returns nothing
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic"></span> }
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic">//Determine integer comparisions with boolean values
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic"></span><span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">echo</span> <span style="color:#666">5</span><span style="color:#666"><span style="color:#666">10</span>; <span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic">//returns 1 since 5 is actually less ten (condition true)
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic"></span><span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">echo</span> <span style="color:#666">10</span> <span style="color:#666">!=</span> <span style="color:#666">5</span>; <span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic">//returns 1 (true)
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic"></span><span style="color:#008000;font-weight:bold">echo</span> <span style="color:#666">5</span> <span style="color:#666">==</span> <span style="color:#666">4</span>; <span style="color:#408080;font-style:italic">//false
</span></span></span></span></code></code>

Output:

<code><code class="language-text hljs" data-lang="text"><span style="display:flex;"><span>1 
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Your condition is executed!
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>11
</span></span></code></code>

Use the

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var_dump()

function in PHP to determine the Boolean valueWe can also determine the Boolean value in php.ini Convert Boolean value. Let's first understand some predefined value assignments for these parameters.

If we convert the following values ​​to boolean, they will be treated as

false

:

false
• is false.
0
• is also false. Floating point numbers such as
0.0
• and -0.0 are also false. An
array
• with 0 elements is false.
NULL
• is false.
In contrast, all other values ​​are considered

true

. We can determine the Boolean value with the help of the

var_dump()

function that dumps Boolean value information. Let us check the above mentioned error type using

var_dump

: <pre class="brush:php;toolbar:false">&lt;code&gt;&lt;code class=&quot;language-php hljs&quot; data-lang=&quot;php&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#666&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;php &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;var_dump((bool) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#008000;font-weight:bold&quot;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;);&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;//(false) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;var_dump((bool) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#ba2121&quot;&gt;&quot;0&quot;&lt;/span&gt;); &lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;//(false) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;var_dump((bool) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#666&quot;&gt;0.0&lt;/span&gt;);&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;//(false) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;var_dump((bool) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#666&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#666&quot;&gt;0.0&lt;/span&gt;);&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;//(false) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;var_dump((bool) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#008000;font-weight:bold&quot;&gt;NULL&lt;/span&gt;); &lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;//(false) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;var_dump((bool) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#008000;font-weight:bold&quot;&gt;array&lt;/span&gt;()); &lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;//(false) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;//true bools (a few examples) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;var_dump((bool)&lt;span style=&quot;color:#008000;font-weight:bold&quot;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;);&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;//true &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;var_dump((bool)&lt;span style=&quot;color:#666&quot;&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;);&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;//true &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;var_dump((bool)&lt;span style=&quot;color:#666&quot;&gt;100&lt;/span&gt;); &lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;//true &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;var_dump((bool) &lt;span style=&quot;color:#008000;font-weight:bold&quot;&gt;array&lt;/span&gt;(&lt;span style=&quot;color:#666&quot;&gt;65&lt;/span&gt;)); &lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;//true &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:flex;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#408080;font-style:italic&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#bc7a00&quot;&gt;?&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/code&gt;</pre> Output:

<code><code class="language-text hljs" data-lang="text"><span style="display:flex;"><span>bool(false)
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>bool(false)
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>bool(true)
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>bool(false)
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>bool(false)
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>bool(false)
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>bool(false)
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>bool(true)
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>bool(true)
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>bool(true)
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>bool(true)
</span></span></code></code>

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