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Re:Why 1 && 2 == 2 by ars on Friday July 19, 2013 @06:18AM (#6069247)
That code is the same, but or has a lower priority than ||, so they are not the same is the code before the or is an expression.

Also, using or instead or || for these types of things is more readable since it makes your intent of conditional code execution (as opposed to boolean evaluation) clear.

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Re:Why 1 && 2 == 2 by k3n on Friday July 19, 2013 @11:23AM (#6070739)
Meh, it's not more unreadable unless you have issues understanding || in the first place... and "or" is still a boolean operation.

Considering 99.9% of it's use in PHP is some variant of "connect() or die()", I stand by my statement. Besides, those "connect() or die()" expressions are widely considered bad-practice in the first place.

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