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<h1 class="refname">variant_get_type</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">variant_get_type</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns the type of a variant object</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>variant_get_type</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.variant.html" class="type variant">variant</a></span> <code class="parameter">$variant</code></span>
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Returns the type of a variant object.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">variant</code></em></span>
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The variant object.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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This function returns an integer value that indicates the type of
<em><code class="parameter">variant</code></em>, which can be an instance of
<a href="class.com.html" class="xref">COM</a>, <a href="class.dotnet.html" class="xref">DOTNET</a> or
<a href="class.variant.html" class="xref">VARIANT</a> classes. The return value can be compared
to one of the <strong><code>VT_XXX</code></strong> constants.
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The return value for COM and DOTNET objects will usually be
<strong><code>VT_DISPATCH</code></strong>; the only reason this function works for
those classes is because COM and DOTNET are descendants of VARIANT.
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In PHP versions prior to 5, you could obtain this information from
instances of the VARIANT class ONLY, by reading a fake
<em><code class="parameter">type</code></em> property. See the <a href="class.variant.html" class="xref">VARIANT</a> class for more information on
this.
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