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Type of a variable in PHP

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Have two questions -
1. How to find type of a variable in PHP.
2. How to find the type of an array in PHP.

Please help.

posted Mar 15, 2013 by Salil

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Best answer

Use this:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.gettype.php 
answer Mar 15, 2013 by anonymous
The nice thing about PHP 'arrays' is that they are a not restricted to a single type. The elements of an array can be different types. It's more a 'basket' than a traditional array.
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How to find type of a variable in PHP.

gettype(), or one of the is_*()-functions. But for me more 
interesting for me: Why do you _need_ this?

How to find the type of an array in PHP.

An array is of type array :) is_array() or again gettype().

Can you maybe describe what you want to achieve? In a dynamically typed language it is rarely _required_, that you know the _concrete_ type.

answer Mar 16, 2013 by Kevin Peterson
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 function get_type($var) 
 { 
    if(is_object($var)) 
         return get_class($var); 
     if(is_null($var)) 
         return null; 
     if(is_string($var)) 
         return string; 
     if(is_array($var)) 
         return array; 
     if(is_int($var)) 
         return integer; 
     if(is_bool($var)) 
         return boolean; 
     if(is_float($var)) 
         return float; 
     if(is_resource($var)) 
         return resource; 
     return unknown; 
 } 
answer Mar 16, 2013 by anonymous
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