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There are two method to check two string In php.
1: "==" Operator
2- "strcasecmp() method"
Let explain one by one
'==': This operator return TRUE, otherwise FALSE and this method is very easy and simple to used for comparing two strings.
You van see below example :
Lets take two same string for compare
Lets take two same string for compare
<?php
//define first string
$str1 = "Hello joy";
//define second string
$str2 = "Hello joy";
//here use '==' operator
if($str1 == $str2){
echo "True";
}else{
echo "False";
}
?>
Output : True
'strcasecmp()': This method is Case-insensitive comparison and this is used for comparing two strings.
strcasecmp() return following value:
a) 0 - if the two strings are equal
b) < 0 - if string1 is less than string2
c) >0 - if string1 is greater than string2
You can see below example
let take two string for comparing
<?php
$str1 = "Hello joy";
$str2 = "hello joy";
echo strcasecmp($str1, $str2);
?>
Output : 0
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