(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
settype — Set the type of a variable
settype ( mixed &$var , string $type ) : bool
Set the type of variable var
to type
.
var
The variable being converted.
type
Possibles values of type
are:
Returns true
on success or false
on failure.
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) ?>
Note:
Maximum value for "int" is
PHP_INT_MAX
.
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