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settype

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

settype — Set the type of a variable

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settype

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

settype — Set the type of a variable

bool settype(mixed &$var , string $type)

$var:
$type:

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bool settype ( mixed &$var , string $type )

Set the type of variable var to type.

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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)

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Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

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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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Note:
Maximum value for "int" is PHP_INT_MAX.

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