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                                    settype

   (PHP 3, PHP 4 )
   settype -- Set the type of a variable

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 4.2.0)

   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)
   ?>

   See also gettype(), type-casting and type-juggling.
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