diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTask.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTask.php
index b6ac07302..d616839cd 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTask.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ExtractTask.php
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class ExtractTask extends AppShell {
 			}
 
 			list($type, $string, $line) = $countToken;
-			if (($type == T_STRING) && ($string == $functionName) && ($firstParenthesis === '(')) {
+			if (($type == T_STRING) && ($string === $functionName) && ($firstParenthesis === '(')) {
 				$position = $count;
 				$depth = 0;
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
index b91e66e80..76be238c2 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
@@ -2096,7 +2096,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$result['html'] = false;
 		$length = count($message);
 		for ($i = 0; $i < $length; ++$i) {
-			if ($message[$i] == $boundary) {
+			if ($message[$i] === $boundary) {
 				$flag = false;
 				$type = '';
 				while (!preg_match('/^$/', $message[$i])) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/DebuggerTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/DebuggerTest.php
index 7c5ec5802..0379e4f4d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/DebuggerTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/DebuggerTest.php
@@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ TEXT;
 		Debugger::dump($var, 1);
 		$result = ob_get_clean();
 
-		$open = php_sapi_name() == 'cli' ? "\n" : '<pre>';
-		$close = php_sapi_name() == 'cli' ? "\n" : '</pre>';
+		$open = php_sapi_name() === 'cli' ? "\n" : '<pre>';
+		$close = php_sapi_name() === 'cli' ? "\n" : '</pre>';
 		$expected = <<<TEXT
 {$open}array(
 	'People' => array(
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/String.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/String.php
index b6c1b79da..422c1d39d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/String.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/String.php
@@ -132,21 +132,21 @@ class String {
 			}
 			if ($tmpOffset !== -1) {
 				$buffer .= substr($data, $offset, ($tmpOffset - $offset));
-				if (!$depth && $data{$tmpOffset} == $separator) {
+				if (!$depth && $data{$tmpOffset} === $separator) {
 					$results[] = $buffer;
 					$buffer = '';
 				} else {
 					$buffer .= $data{$tmpOffset};
 				}
-				if ($leftBound != $rightBound) {
-					if ($data{$tmpOffset} == $leftBound) {
+				if ($leftBound !== $rightBound) {
+					if ($data{$tmpOffset} === $leftBound) {
 						$depth++;
 					}
-					if ($data{$tmpOffset} == $rightBound) {
+					if ($data{$tmpOffset} === $rightBound) {
 						$depth--;
 					}
 				} else {
-					if ($data{$tmpOffset} == $leftBound) {
+					if ($data{$tmpOffset} === $leftBound) {
 						if (!$open) {
 							$depth++;
 							$open = true;
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/CacheHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/CacheHelper.php
index f72c9b1e6..2740f9c09 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/CacheHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/CacheHelper.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class CacheHelper extends AppHelper {
 			$index = null;
 
 			foreach ($keys as $action) {
-				if ($action == $this->request->params['action']) {
+				if ($action === $this->request->params['action']) {
 					$index = $action;
 					break;
 				}