Description

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)

Zwraca TRUE w przypadku sukcesu, FALSE w przypadku porażki.

Przykład 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.