Variable Manipulation Functions
The following functions operate on PHP variables. There are functions for getting and setting the type of a variable, as well as various ways to encode and decode variables for storage.
bool define(string var_name, mixed value[, int
case_sensitive])
Define a constant value
int defined(string constant_name)
Test if a constant is defined
double doubleval(mixed var)
Get the double-precision value of a variable
string getenv(string varname)
Get the value of an environment variable
string gettype(mixed var)
Return the type of the variable
int intval(mixed var [, int base])
Get the integer value of a variable using the optional base for the conversion
bool is_array(mixed var)
Return
true
if variable is an arraybool is_double(mixed var)
Return
true
if variable is a doublebool is_float(mixed var)
An alias for
is_double( )
bool is_int(mixed var)
An alias for
is_long( )
bool is_integer(mixed var)
An alias for
is_long( )
bool is_long(mixed var)
Return
true
if variable is a long (integer)bool is_object(mixed var)
Return
true
if variable is an objectbool is_real(mixed var)
An alias for
is_double( )
bool is_string(mixed var)
Return
true
if variable is a stringstring pack(string format, mixed arg1, mixed
arg2, ...)
Take one or more arguments and pack them into a binary string according to the format argument
bool is_real(mixed var)
An alias for
is_double( )
bool is_string(mixed var)
Return
true
if variable is a stringvoid putenv(string setting)
Set the value of an environment variable
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