diff --git a/lib/plugins/authpdo/_test/sqlite.test.php b/lib/plugins/authpdo/_test/sqlite.test.php
index fd980e8cce6848dc98f2e82438ffd047ef361c05..70d539254f4111e1c9ff91b5bed614c3e9fd2b89 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/authpdo/_test/sqlite.test.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/authpdo/_test/sqlite.test.php
@@ -171,21 +171,21 @@ class sqlite_plugin_authpdo_test extends DokuWikiTest {
         $users = $auth->retrieveUsers(0, -1, array('group' => 'admin')); // full group
         $this->assertEquals(array('admin', 'tester'), $users);
         $count = $auth->getUserCount(array('group' => 'admin'));
-        $this->assertEquals(2, $count);
+        $this->assertSame(2, $count);
 
         $users = $auth->retrieveUsers(0, -1, array('group' => 'dmi')); // substring
         $this->assertEquals(array('admin', 'tester'), $users);
         $count = $auth->getUserCount(array('group' => 'dmi'));
-        $this->assertEquals(2, $count);
+        $this->assertSame(2, $count);
 
         $users = $auth->retrieveUsers(0, -1, array('user' => 'dmi')); // substring
         $this->assertEquals(array('admin'), $users);
         $count = $auth->getUserCount(array('user' => 'dmi'));
-        $this->assertEquals(1, $count);
+        $this->assertSame(1, $count);
 
         // delete user
         $num = $auth->deleteUsers(array('tester', 'foobar'));
-        $this->assertEquals(1, $num);
+        $this->assertSame(1, $num);
 
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/authpdo/auth.php b/lib/plugins/authpdo/auth.php
index 5eb70c95ddc58d6bd7a11142144cd03488f02031..9709090495d5b415fa893053e1a169f4297fc20b 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/authpdo/auth.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/authpdo/auth.php
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class auth_plugin_authpdo extends DokuWiki_Auth_Plugin {
         if(!$result || !isset($result[0]['count'])) {
             $this->_debug("Statement did not return 'count' attribute", -1, __LINE__);
         }
-        return isset($result[0]['count']);
+        return (int) $result[0]['count'];
     }
 
     /**