What is the result of the loose comparison `0 == ‘foobar’` in PHP?

Question

PHP Intermediate — Hard

What is the result of the loose comparison `0 == ‘foobar’` in PHP?

Accepted Answer

When comparing an integer to a non-numeric string using the loose comparison operator (==), PHP converts the string to an integer. Since 'foobar' does not start with a numeric value, it is converted to 0. Therefore, 0 == 0 evaluates to true.