Title: AbstractEnum::equals
Published: May 20, 2026

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# AbstractEnum::equals( string|self $other ): bool

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/equals/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/equals/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/equals/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/equals/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/equals/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Checks if this enum has the same value as the given value.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/equals/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$other`string|selfrequired

The value or enum to compare.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/equals/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool True if values are equal.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/equals/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    final public function equals($other): bool
    {
        if ($other instanceof self) {
            return $this->is($other);
        }
        return $this->value === $other;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/common/abstractenum.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Common/AbstractEnum.php#L157)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Common/AbstractEnum.php#L157-L163)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/equals/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [AbstractEnum::is()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/is/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Common/AbstractEnum.php` |

Checks if this enum is the same instance type and value as another enum.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-common-abstractenum/equals/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [0.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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