note 50752 deleted from function.in-array by felipe

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I'd have to disagree with the previous poster.  The behavior is not "completely as expected."  If I do not know what data is in an array, and I search for the value "123abc", I certainly don't expect it to match the integer 123.  I expect it to match the string "123abc," period.  The needle should not be converted for the sake of comparison!  In the case of a string in the haystack or needle, the other value should be converted to a string before comparison.  This guarantees only equivalent values will be matched.

This kind of behavior is the reason I always use === in PHP instead of ==.  Too many things match otherwise.  Luckily, the "strict" option here gives the right results.

-Dan