strcasecmp not working with database value

[simon2x1]

am trying to compare two variable which I select from the value from database but it does not work please help me fix this below is the code.

 
$result1 = @mysql_query("SELECT * FROM events");
$data1 = @mysql_fetch_array($result1);
$dvenue1 = $data1['ven_title'];	

$result = @mysql_query("SELECT * FROM events_location");
$data = @mysql_fetch_array($result);
$dvenue = $data['ven_title'];	
if(strcasecmp($dvenue1, $dvenue) == 0){
echo 'yes';
} else {
echo 'no';
}

[Dormilich]

it whould help to know what both variables really contain (no only what they are supposed to contain).