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>    (PHP 3, PHP 4 )</P
>settype&nbsp;--&nbsp;Set the type of a variable</DIV
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>bool <B
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>settype</B
> ( mixed var, string type)<BR
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>&#13;     Set the type of variable <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>var</I
></TT
> to
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>type</I
></TT
>.
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>&#13;     Possibles values of <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>type</I
></TT
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>&#13;        "boolean" (or, since PHP 4.2.0, "bool")
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>&#13;        "integer" (or, since PHP 4.2.0, "int")
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>&#13;        "float" (only possible since PHP 4.2.0, for older versions use the
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>&#13;        "string"
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>&#13;        "array"
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>&#13;        "object"
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>&#13;        "null" (since PHP 4.2.0)
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>&#13;     Returns <TT
CLASS="constant"
><B
>TRUE</B
></TT
> on success or <TT
CLASS="constant"
><B
>FALSE</B
></TT
> on failure.
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>$foo = "5bar"; // string
$bar = true;   // boolean

settype($foo, "integer"); // $foo is now 5   (integer)
settype($bar, "string");  // $bar is now "1" (string)</PRE
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>&#13;     See also <A
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>gettype()</B
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>,
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