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Data Types in PHP

This entry was posted on Jan 06 2008

PHP is not a very strict language when it comes down to data types.
Strings:

$string = "This is a string";
 

Strings are values that contain characters. This can include basically everything you can type on your keyboard.

Integers:

$string = 1;
 

Integers are values that just contain numbers. Notice in the example above that there are no quotes?
Well, you can write an integer like that, or like this:

$string = "1";
 

PHP automatically converts numbers contained in a string with no other characters into a integer. The only time you need to be careful of this is when you are using operators (I will discuss that in another post).

Boolean:

$string = true;
$string2 = false;
 

Booleans are values that contain either true or false. They can be used in if statements like:

$string = true;
if ($string)//checks if $string is true
 {
 echo '$string is true';
 }
else
 {
 echo '$string is false';
 }
 

Hope that helps you understand data types in PHP better. Obviously I have just scratched the surface in my explanations.
Feel free to comment and ask any questions :D

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2 Responses to “Data Types in PHP”

  1. By Zac Davis on Jan 7, 2008 | Reply

    Great tip. I’m just getting into PHP. And you explain things in an easy to understand way. I hope you keep offering more great tips like theses.


  2. By papa_face on Jan 7, 2008 | Reply

    Thank you for the kind words :D
    I will definately be producing more of these help articles :)


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