What is the result of the loose comparison ‘1e3’ == 1000 in PHP?

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PHP Intermediate — Hard

What is the result of the loose comparison ‘1e3’ == 1000 in PHP?

Accepted Answer

When comparing a string containing a numeric literal in scientific notation to an integer, PHP converts the string to a float/int. '1e3' is interpreted as 1000.0, which equals 1000, resulting in true.