为什么md5（$ string）！= php中的$ string？

I am having a problem with the md5() function. I was playing around with this function. But I am stuck at a point.

<?php

    $name = 'Taif';

    if (md5($name) == $name){
        echo 'True';
    }   else{
        echo 'False';
    }

?>

Why is it printing out False?

md5() is a php function used to encrypt plain texts. For example: converting a plain text(ie. password) into encrypted text .

In your code, the value of $name is "Taif" while the value of md5($name) is "40f245f002555c4a6105d6066d2bdb85"

So it is impossible for it to return "True" because they are totally different values.

MD5: string md5 ( string $str [, bool $raw_output = FALSE ] )

Calculates the MD5 hash of str using the » RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, and returns that hash.