In PHP when would a variable assignment return false?

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When would a PHP variable assignment return false?

In this answer the following code is suggested

while (($lastPos = strpos($html, $needle, $lastPos))!== false) {
    $positions[] = $lastPos;
    $lastPos = $lastPos + strlen($needle);
}

... the while loop will end when the assignment...

$lastPos = strpos($html, $needle, $lastPos)

...returns false.

When would this assignment return false and why?

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Mureinik · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-15 18:13:42Z

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A variable assignment returns the value you assigned to the variable. So when the strpos call returns false (when the $needle isn't found), so will the assignment, and the loop will terminate.

answered Jun 15, 2017 at 18:13

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Bhargav Rao · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-21 00:51:05Z

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strpos returns false when the $needle is not found in the $html. You can learn more about the return value of strpos here http://php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php

edited Feb 21, 2020 at 0:51

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answered Jun 15, 2017 at 18:13

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