PHP Array Comparison using If

Question

I am having a hard time trying to understand why I can't compare the values of two arrays in PHP. If I echo both of these during the loop using "echo $description->ItemDesriptionName;" and "echo $item->ItemName;" the values seem to show as the same, but when I try to compare them using if, nothing works. What am I missing?

<?php

$xml=simplexml_load_file("test.xml") or die("Error: Cannot create object");
$categories = $xml->Menu->Categories;
$items = $xml->Menu->Categories->Items->ItemObject;
$itemdescription = $xml->Menu->Options->Description->DescriptionObject;

foreach($items as $item) {

    echo $item->ItemName . ' - ' . $item->Price . '</br>';

        foreach ($itemdescription as $description) {

            if ($description->ItemDescriptionName == $item->ItemName) {
                echo 'We have a match!';
                //where I would echo $description->ItemDescription;
            }
        } 
}

?>

Here is the XML file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Root>
    <Menu>
        <Categories>
            <Name>Category 1</Name>
            <Items>
                <ItemObject>
                    <ItemName>Item 1</ItemName>
                    <Price>1</Price>
                </ItemObject>
                <ItemObject>
                    <ItemName>Item 2</ItemName>
                    <Price>3</Price>
                </ItemObject>               
            </Items>
        </Categories>
        <Options>
            <Description>
                <DescriptionObject>
                    <ItemDescriptionName>Item 1</ItemDescriptionName>
                    <ItemDescription>A Great item</ItemDescription>
                </DescriptionObject>
                <DescriptionObject>
                    <ItemDescriptionName>Item 2</ItemDescriptionName>
                    <ItemDescription>A Great item as well</ItemDescription>
                </DescriptionObject>                
            </Description>
        </Options>
    </Menu>
</Root>

Answer 1

compare as string and you have typo in ItemDescriptioName (ItemDescriptionName)

if ( (string)$description->ItemDescriptionName == (string)$item->ItemName) {