Unable to compare two variables
<p>I am reading an xml file using php, after reading those files i am accessing some values and comparing them here is the code for that:</p>

<pre><code>$home = $match -&gt; home -&gt; name; 
$away = $match -&gt; away -&gt; name; 
$homescore = $match -&gt; home -&gt; shoots; 
$awayscore = $match -&gt; away -&gt; shoots;
if($home == 'Lakers' || $away == 'Lakers') {
    $played = $played+1;
    if($home == 'Lakers') {
        echo $homescore;
        echo $awayscore;
        if($homescore &gt; $awayscore) {
            echo 'hi';
        }
    }
}
</code></pre>

<p>As it can be seen from the code above, i am reading in the name and shoots of a team. When i execute this the returned result is <code>63</code>. Now 6 is the <code>$homescore</code> 3 is the <code>$awayscore</code>. Based on these values i am expecting that it should also print <code>hi</code>. But for some reason i am not getting the desired output.</p>

<p>Anyone able to see if i am doing something wrong here? </p>
