diff --git a/store/ARC2_StoreLoadQueryHandler.php b/store/ARC2_StoreLoadQueryHandler.php
index 54e2d550..b646b9e5 100644
--- a/store/ARC2_StoreLoadQueryHandler.php
+++ b/store/ARC2_StoreLoadQueryHandler.php
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public function getStoredTermID($val, $type_id, $tbl)
                 }
             } else {
                 $binaryValue = $this->store->a['db_object']->escape($val);
-                if (false !== empty($binaryValue)) {
+                if (false == empty($binaryValue)) {
                     $sql = 'SELECT id AS `id` FROM '.$tbl_prefix.$sub_tbl." WHERE val = BINARY '".$binaryValue."'";
                     $row = $this->store->a['db_object']->fetchRow($sql);
                     if (is_array($row) && isset($row['id'])) {