<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Gets xmlrpc type for a PHP value</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.xmlrpc-encode.html">xmlrpc_encode</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.xmlrpc-is-fault.html">xmlrpc_is_fault</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.xmlrpc.html">XML-RPC Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.xmlrpc-get-type" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <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> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.xmlrpc-get-type-description"> <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> )</div> <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. </p></div> <p class="para"> This function is especially useful for base64 and datetime strings. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.xmlrpc-get-type-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">value</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> PHP value </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <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. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.xmlrpc-get-type-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-5348"> <p><strong>Example #1 XML-RPC type example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <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> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.xmlrpc-get-type-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <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> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.xmlrpc-encode.html">xmlrpc_encode</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.xmlrpc-is-fault.html">xmlrpc_is_fault</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.xmlrpc.html">XML-RPC Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>