Non-strict checking issue on line 209 of options-writing.php

[sharif200]

I have found a non-strict checking issue on this line of code. This means the code is not checking the value type returned by the 'get_option' function. It is possible that the value could be a non-numeric string or a boolean value other than true or false, which could lead to unexpected behavior in the code.

I have identified a non-strict checking issue on line 209 of the options-writing.php file in WordPress. The code checks the value of the 'blog_public' option using a non-strict comparison operator (==) instead of a strict comparison operator (===).
This can potentially lead to unexpected behavior if the value returned by the 'get_option' function is a non-numeric string or a boolean value other than true or false.

I have tested the proposed fix, which resolves the non-strict checking issue without causing any other issues. I have created a pull request with the fix and would appreciate it if someone from the WordPress core team could review and merge it. Thank you.

Trac ticket:
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58060

[audrasjb]

Hello and thanks for the patch @sharif200.

However, it looks like a duplicate of #58039. I'm closing this as duplicate, but also, the patch would probably break the condition as this option returns a string by default, not an integer or a boolean (see #58039 for more details).