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<h1 class="refname">settype</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">settype</span> — <span class="dc-title">Set the type of a variable</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.settype-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>settype</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 reference">&$var</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$type</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Set the type of variable <em><code class="parameter">var</code></em> to
<em><code class="parameter">type</code></em>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.settype-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">var</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The variable being converted.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">type</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Possibles values of <em><code class="parameter">type</code></em> are:
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
"boolean" (or, since PHP 4.2.0, "bool")
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
"integer" (or, since PHP 4.2.0, "int")
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
"float" (only possible since PHP 4.2.0, for older versions use the
deprecated variant "double")
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
"string"
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
"array"
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
"object"
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
"null" (since PHP 4.2.0)
</span>
</li>
</ul>
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</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.settype-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.settype-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-5272">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>settype()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$foo </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"5bar"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// string<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bar </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// boolean<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">settype</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$foo</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"integer"</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// $foo is now 5 (integer)<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">settype</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bar</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"string"</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// $bar is now "1" (string)<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.settype-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
Maximum value for "int" is <strong><code>PHP_INT_MAX</code></strong>.
</p>
</p></blockquote>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.settype-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.gettype.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">gettype()</a> - Get the type of a variable</span></li>
<li class="member"><a href="language.types.type-juggling.html#language.types.typecasting" class="link">type-casting</a></li>
<li class="member"><a href="language.types.type-juggling.html" class="link">type-juggling</a></li>
</ul>
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