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<h1 class="refname">xmlrpc_get_type</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">xmlrpc_get_type</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets xmlrpc type for a PHP value</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>xmlrpc_get_type</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$value</code></span>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function is
<em class="emphasis">EXPERIMENTAL</em>. The behaviour of this function, its name, and
surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP.
This function should be used at your own risk.
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This function is especially useful for base64 and datetime strings.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.xmlrpc-get-type-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">value</code></em></span>
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PHP value
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.xmlrpc-get-type-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the XML-RPC type.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.xmlrpc-get-type-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 XML-RPC type example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">xmlrpc_get_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">null</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// base64<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">xmlrpc_get_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">false</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// boolean<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">xmlrpc_get_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// int<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">xmlrpc_get_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1.0</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// double<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">xmlrpc_get_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">""</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// string<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">xmlrpc_get_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(array()) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// array<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">xmlrpc_get_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">stdClass</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// array<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">xmlrpc_get_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">STDIN</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// int<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.xmlrpc-get-type-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.xmlrpc-set-type.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">xmlrpc_set_type()</a> - Sets xmlrpc type, base64 or datetime, for a PHP string value</span></li>
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