diff --git a/lib/Cake/I18n/I18n.php b/lib/Cake/I18n/I18n.php
index d543546f7..9eb739534 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/I18n/I18n.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/I18n/I18n.php
@@ -549,10 +549,10 @@ class I18n {
 				continue;
 			}
 			$count = count($parts);
-			if ($count == 2) {
+			if ($count === 2) {
 				$currentToken = $parts[0];
 				$value = $parts[1];
-			} elseif ($count == 1) {
+			} elseif ($count === 1) {
 				$value = is_array($value) ? $parts[0] : $value . $parts[0];
 			} else {
 				continue;
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class I18n {
 				$val = str_replace($replacements, $mustEscape, $val);
 				$value[$i] = $val;
 			}
-			if (count($value) == 1) {
+			if (count($value) === 1) {
 				$definitions[$currentToken] = array_pop($value);
 			} else {
 				$definitions[$currentToken] = $value;