(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
settype — Set the type of a variable
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
.