diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rewrite.php b/src/wp-includes/rewrite.php
index b76de4c136..647977cc20 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rewrite.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rewrite.php
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ function add_permastruct( $name, $struct, $args = array() ) {
 	if ( ! is_array( $args ) ) {
 		$args = array( 'with_front' => $args );
 	}
-	if ( func_num_args() == 4 ) {
+
+	if ( func_num_args() === 4 ) {
 		$args['ep_mask'] = func_get_arg( 3 );
 	}
 
@@ -602,7 +603,7 @@ function url_to_postid( $url ) {
 		 * If the requesting file is the anchor of the match,
 		 * prepend it to the path info.
 		 */
-		if ( ! empty( $url ) && ( $url != $request ) && str_starts_with( $match, $url ) ) {
+		if ( ! empty( $url ) && ( $url !== $request ) && str_starts_with( $match, $url ) ) {
 			$request_match = $url . '/' . $request;
 		}