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Re:PHP: md5('240610708') == md5('QNKCDZO') by protomyth on Monday May 04, 2015 @09:09AM (#9485882)
So, you should use the old shell trick of adding an "X" to the front of the strings before comparing?
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Re:PHP: md5('240610708') == md5('QNKCDZO') by maxlybbert on Monday May 04, 2015 @10:09AM (#9486197)
Or use === instead of ==.

The PHP developers have been pretty honest about the mistakes they made early on because they didn't know better. Unfortunately, many of those mistakes persist. The difference between == and === is one of the more well-known mistakes.

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