alt Hacker Newsif("0") {} being equivalent to if(false) {} still gives me nightmares even though I've stopped using PHP for at least 6 years now :)
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kif • today at 4:11 PM
Also `empty("0") === true` is a common gotcha.
if("0") {} being equivalent to if(false) {} still gives me nightmares even though I've stopped using PHP for at least 6 years now :)
Also `empty("0") === true` is a common gotcha.
I knew this in and out, but as a Full-Stack PHP/Symfony/Frontend/JS guy who pivoted to mainly TS for b2b stuff, I still have to occasionally enter
into the browser console just to be sure, during code reviews :D