settype
(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)
settype -- Set the type of a variable
Description
bool
settype ( mixed &var, string type )
Set the type of variable var to
type.
Parameters
var
The variable being converted.
type
Possibles values of type are:
"boolean" (or, since PHP 4.2.0, "bool")
"integer" (or, since PHP 4.2.0, "int")
"float" (only possible since PHP 4.2.0, for older versions use the
deprecated variant "double")
"string"
"array"
"object"
"null" (since PHP 4.2.0)
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example 1. settype() example
<?php
$foo = "5bar"; // string
$bar = true; // boolean
settype($foo, "integer"); // $foo is now 5 (integer)
settype($bar, "string"); // $bar is now "1" (string)
?>
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