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- <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">settype</span> — <span class="dc-title">Set the type of a variable</span></p>
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- <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.settype-description">
- <h3 class="title">Description</h3>
- <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
- <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><b>settype</b></span>
- ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <tt class="parameter reference">&$var</tt></span>
- , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <tt class="parameter">$type</tt></span>
- )</div>
- <p class="para rdfs-comment">
- Set the type of variable <i><tt class="parameter">var</tt></i> to
- <i><tt class="parameter">type</tt></i>.
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- <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.settype-parameters">
- <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
- <p class="para">
- <dl>
- <dt>
- <span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">var</tt></i></span>
- <dd>
- <p class="para">
- The variable being converted.
- </p>
- </dd>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- <span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">type</tt></i></span>
- <dd>
- <p class="para">
- Possibles values of <i><tt class="parameter">type</tt></i> are:
- <ul class="itemizedlist">
- <li class="listitem">
- <span class="simpara">
- "boolean" (or, since PHP 4.2.0, "bool")
- </span>
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
- <span class="simpara">
- "integer" (or, since PHP 4.2.0, "int")
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- <span class="simpara">
- "float" (only possible since PHP 4.2.0, for older versions use the
- deprecated variant "double")
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- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
- <span class="simpara">
- "string"
- </span>
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
- <span class="simpara">
- "array"
- </span>
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
- <span class="simpara">
- "object"
- </span>
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
- <span class="simpara">
- "null" (since PHP 4.2.0)
- </span>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </p>
- </dd>
- </dt>
- </dl>
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- <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.settype-returnvalues">
- <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
- <p class="para">
- Returns <b><tt>TRUE</tt></b> on success or <b><tt>FALSE</tt></b> on failure.
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- <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.settype-examples">
- <h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
- <p class="para">
- <div class="example" id="example-4491">
- <p><b>Example #1 <span class="function"><b>settype()</b></span> example</b></p>
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- <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
- <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$foo </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"5bar"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// string<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bar </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// boolean<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">settype</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$foo</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"integer"</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// $foo is now 5 (integer)<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">settype</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bar</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"string"</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// $bar is now "1" (string)<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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- <h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
- <blockquote class="note"><p><b class="note">Note</b>:
- <p class="para">
- Maximum value for "int" is <b><tt>PHP_INT_MAX</tt></b>.
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- <h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
- <p class="para">
- <ul class="simplelist">
- <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.gettype.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">gettype()</a> - Get the type of a variable</span></li>
- <li class="member"><a href="language.types.type-juggling.html#language.types.typecasting" class="link">type-casting</a></li>
- <li class="member"><a href="language.types.type-juggling.html" class="link">type-juggling</a></li>
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