diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index d9cbd68f27..ccf728236a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ function seems_utf8( $str ) {
 			return false; // Does not match any model.
 		}
 		for ( $j = 0; $j < $n; $j++ ) { // n bytes matching 10bbbbbb follow ?
-			if ( ( ++$i == $length ) || ( ( ord( $str[ $i ] ) & 0xC0 ) != 0x80 ) ) {
+			if ( ( ++$i === $length ) || ( ( ord( $str[ $i ] ) & 0xC0 ) != 0x80 ) ) {
 				return false;
 			}
 		}
@@ -5138,7 +5138,7 @@ function wp_sprintf( $pattern, ...$args ) {
 	$arg_index = 0;
 	while ( $len > $start ) {
 		// Last character: append and break.
-		if ( strlen( $pattern ) - 1 == $start ) {
+		if ( strlen( $pattern ) - 1 === $start ) {
 			$result .= substr( $pattern, -1 );
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/wp-includes/kses.php b/wp-includes/kses.php
index 95d9c65cae..c5542a7b00 100644
--- a/wp-includes/kses.php
+++ b/wp-includes/kses.php
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ function wp_kses_hair( $attr, $allowed_protocols ) {
 
 	// Loop through the whole attribute list.
 
-	while ( strlen( $attr ) != 0 ) {
+	while ( strlen( $attr ) !== 0 ) {
 		$working = 0; // Was the last operation successful?
 
 		switch ( $mode ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/load.php b/wp-includes/load.php
index 4f6c274747..4ad4bad207 100644
--- a/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ function wp_fix_server_vars() {
 	$_SERVER = array_merge( $default_server_values, $_SERVER );
 
 	// Fix for IIS when running with PHP ISAPI.
-	if ( empty( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) || ( 'cgi-fcgi' !== PHP_SAPI && preg_match( '/^Microsoft-IIS\//', $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] ) ) ) {
+	if ( empty( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] )
+		|| ( 'cgi-fcgi' !== PHP_SAPI && preg_match( '/^Microsoft-IIS\//', $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] ) )
+	) {
 
 		if ( isset( $_SERVER['HTTP_X_ORIGINAL_URL'] ) ) {
 			// IIS Mod-Rewrite.
@@ -71,7 +73,9 @@ function wp_fix_server_vars() {
 	}
 
 	// Fix for PHP as CGI hosts that set SCRIPT_FILENAME to something ending in php.cgi for all requests.
-	if ( isset( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] ) && ( strpos( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'], 'php.cgi' ) == strlen( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] ) - 7 ) ) {
+	if ( isset( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] )
+		&& ( strpos( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'], 'php.cgi' ) === strlen( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] ) - 7 )
+	) {
 		$_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] = $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'];
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/post-template.php b/wp-includes/post-template.php
index 27f55fc7df..88c7a8c6b0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function get_the_ID() { // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidFunctio
 function the_title( $before = '', $after = '', $display = true ) {
 	$title = get_the_title();
 
-	if ( strlen( $title ) == 0 ) {
+	if ( strlen( $title ) === 0 ) {
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function the_title_attribute( $args = '' ) {
 
 	$title = get_the_title( $parsed_args['post'] );
 
-	if ( strlen( $title ) == 0 ) {
+	if ( strlen( $title ) === 0 ) {
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index c3919e2b01..a5a4182890 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.3-alpha-55651';
+$wp_version = '6.3-alpha-55652';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.