How does PHP handle comparisons between boolean values and integers in conditional statements?

When comparing boolean values and integers in PHP conditional statements, PHP will automatically convert the boolean value to an integer. In PHP, `true` is equivalent to 1 and `false` is equivalent to 0. Therefore, when comparing a boolean value to an integer, PHP will convert the boolean value to its integer equivalent before performing the comparison.

$boolValue = true;
$intValue = 1;

if ($boolValue == $intValue) {
    echo "The boolean value is equal to the integer value.";
} else {
    echo "The boolean value is not equal to the integer value.";
}