Php do not make distinction in if statement with capital letters

Question

I have an if statement in my website. And what I want, is that he won't make distinction in capital letters. My if statement:

<?php
$nameOne = "JOHN";
$check = "john";
if($nameOne == $check){
 echo 'No distinction';
} else {
  echo 'distinction ';
}
?>

So, I want to echo 'No distinction'.

@funk No, it isn't a typo. What if `$nameOne` john contains? Then I want to echo "No distinction". — MajorSin, Mar 25 '18 at 16:58
You were not able to do a simple google search for "php case insensitive string comparison" but ask _here_? — arkascha, Mar 25 '18 at 16:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 25 '18 at 16:57

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You can make the comparison using strtolower() on both strings

if (strtolower($nameOne) == strtolower($check))

answered Mar 25 '18 at 16:57

DrKey

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '18 at 17:00

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You can use the solution suggested by @NicoHaase

<?php
$var1 = "Hello";
$var2 = "hello";
if (strcasecmp($var1, $var2) == 0) {
    echo '$var1 is equal to $var2 in a case-insensitive string comparison';
}
?>

https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.strcasecmp.php

answered Mar 25 '18 at 17:00

SuperDJ

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Thanks! I will accepts it about 6 minutes – MajorSin Mar 25 '18 at 17:03

Php do not make distinction in if statement with capital letters

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