Description
bool
settype ( mixed var, string type)
Set the type of variable var to
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 4.0.8)
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.
