(PHP 3, PHP 4 >= 4.0b1)
settype -- Set the type of a variable
Description
boolean settype (mixed var, string type)
Set the type of variable var to
type.
Possibles values of type are:
"boolean"
"integer"
"double"
"string"
"array"
"object"
Returns TRUE if successful; otherwise returns
FALSE.
Example 1. settype() example
$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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See also gettype(),
type-casting and
type-juggling.