ParagonIE_Sodium_Compat::compare() public WP 1.0

Compare two strings, in constant-time. Compared to memcmp(), compare() is more useful for sorting.

{} It's a method of the class: ParagonIE_Sodium_Compat{}

No Hooks.

Return

Int. If < 0 if the left operand is less than the right If = 0 if both strings are equal If > 0 if the right operand is less than the left

Usage

$result = ParagonIE_Sodium_Compat::compare( $left, $right );

$left(string) (required)

The left operand; must be a string

$right(string) (required)

The right operand; must be a string

Code of ParagonIE_Sodium_Compat::compare() ParagonIE Sodium Compat::compare ^{WP 5.7}

<?php
public static function compare($left, $right)
{
    /* Type checks: */
    ParagonIE_Sodium_Core_Util::declareScalarType($left, 'string', 1);
    ParagonIE_Sodium_Core_Util::declareScalarType($right, 'string', 2);

    if (self::useNewSodiumAPI()) {
        return (int) sodium_compare($left, $right);
    }
    if (self::use_fallback('compare')) {
        return (int) call_user_func('\\Sodium\\compare', $left, $right);
    }
    return ParagonIE_Sodium_Core_Util::compare($left, $right);
}