Stephen Rees-Carter • 4/7/2021

The difference a single character makes…

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The article details a developer's process of tracking down a subtle bug in a PHP unit test. The issue was a missing '=' character, where a single equals sign for assignment was used instead of a double/triple equals for comparison, causing a logical error. It highlights the fun and satisfaction of debugging seemingly trivial yet elusive coding mistakes.

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