Except that it isn't, and you know this

Are you 5? You are wrong. I don't know because you were too busy being a jerk to explain.

It doesn't help against strings (either kind), integers (either kind), floats, magic or overloading. I can't think of any other data types.

So?

The person to which you replied obviously went to some trouble to stay equivalent, so I can only assume you were ignorant of the difference.