strcmp equivelant for integers (intcmp) in PHP

Question

So we got this function in PHP

strcmp(string $1,string $2) // returns -1,0, or 1;

We Do not however, have an intcmp(); So i created one:

Answer 1

You could use

function intcmp($a,$b)
    {
    return ($a-$b) ? ($a-$b)/abs($a-$b) : 0;
    }

Although I don't see the point in using this function at all

Answer 2

I wouldn't call it dirty per se, it seems valid enough. But I can't think where I would use that function. My only suggestion might be to include else:

function intcmp($a,$b)
{
    if((int)$a == (int)$b)return 0;
    else if((int)$a  > (int)$b)return 1;
    else if((int)$a  < (int)$b)return -1;
}