settype -- Set the type of a variable

  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 4.2.0)

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

|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)
?>

See also |gettype|, type-casting and type-juggling.

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