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	Last updated: Thu, 26 Jun 2008

settype

(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)

?>

Notes

Note: Maximum value for "int" is PHP_INT_MAX.