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Variable handling
Introduction
Installing/Configuring
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Variable handling Functions
boolval
— Get the boolean value of a variable
debug_zval_dump
— Dumps a string representation of an internal zval structure to output
doubleval
— Alias of floatval
empty
— Determine whether a variable is empty
floatval
— Get float value of a variable
get_debug_type
— Gets the type name of a variable in a way that is suitable for debugging
get_defined_vars
— Returns an array of all defined variables
get_resource_id
— Returns an integer identifier for the given resource
get_resource_type
— Returns the resource type
gettype
— Get the type of a variable
intval
— Get the integer value of a variable
is_array
— Finds whether a variable is an array
is_bool
— Finds out whether a variable is a boolean
is_callable
— Verify that a value can be called as a function from the current scope.
is_countable
— Verify that the contents of a variable is a countable value
is_double
— Alias of is_float
is_float
— Finds whether the type of a variable is float
is_int
— Find whether the type of a variable is integer
is_integer
— Alias of is_int
is_iterable
— Verify that the contents of a variable is an iterable value
is_long
— Alias of is_int
is_null
— Finds whether a variable is null
is_numeric
— Finds whether a variable is a number or a numeric string
is_object
— Finds whether a variable is an object
is_real
— Alias of is_float
is_resource
— Finds whether a variable is a resource
is_scalar
— Finds whether a variable is a scalar
is_string
— Find whether the type of a variable is string
isset
— Determine if a variable is declared and is different than null
print_r
— Prints human-readable information about a variable
serialize
— Generates a storable representation of a value
settype
— Set the type of a variable
strval
— Get string value of a variable
unserialize
— Creates a PHP value from a stored representation
unset
— Unset a given variable
var_dump
— Dumps information about a variable
var_export
— Outputs or returns a parsable string representation of a variable
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