Advantage of "condition == $variable" style? [duplicate]

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I often see if's like:

if (null === $var)  

I wanted to know wether there is any technical advantage by using it?

I find it semantically wrong and I don't like it. Prefer

if ($var === null)

because I ask for the condition of a variable, not for a variable having a condition.