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		aikah on May 4, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PHP: md5('240610708') == md5('QNKCDZO') not the usual story , == should be deprecated and a warning should be displayed. PHP has explicit coercion features, devs should use them alongside with === .

SixSigma on May 4, 2015 [–]

I mean its the usual story when people post stuff about PHP comparisons.

http://php.net/md5

the example itself uses === although no advice why is given

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