comparing two variables returns false result

Question

Why does this always return true:

$s = \'334rr\';
$i = (int)$s;

if ($i == $s) {
    echo true;
} else {
    echo false;
}

If I ec

Answer 1

PHP converts the $s string to an integer when comparing to another integer ($i). It basically does this (well, i don't know what it does internally, but it boils down to this):

if($i == (int) $s)

Which makes the statement true