Description

gettype(mixed $value): string

Returns the type of the PHP variable value. For type checking, use is_* functions.

Parameters

value: The variable being type checked.

Return Values

Possible values for the returned string are:

"boolean"
"integer"
"double" (for historical reasons "double" is returned in case of a float, and not simply "float")
"string"
"array"
"object"
"resource"
"resource (closed)" as of PHP 7.2.0
"NULL"
"unknown type"

Changelog

Version Description

7.2.0 Closed resources are now reported as 'resource (closed)'. Previously the returned value for closed resources were 'unknown type'.

Version	Description
7.2.0	Closed resources are now reported as `'resource (closed)'`. Previously the returned value for closed resources were `'unknown type'`.

Examples

Example #1 gettype() example

<?php

$data = array(1, 1., NULL, new stdClass, 'foo');

foreach ($data as $value) {
    echo gettype($value), "\n";
}

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

integer
double
NULL
object
string

get_debug_type() - Gets the type name of a variable in a way that is suitable for debugging
settype() - Set the type of a variable
get_class() - Returns the name of the class of an object
is_array() - Finds whether a variable is an array
is_bool() - Finds out whether a variable is a boolean
is_callable() - Verify that a value can be called as a function from the current scope
is_float() - Finds whether the type of a variable is float
is_int() - Find whether the type of a variable is integer
is_null() - Finds whether a variable is null
is_numeric() - Finds whether a variable is a number or a numeric string
is_object() - Finds whether a variable is an object
is_resource() - Finds whether a variable is a resource
is_scalar() - Finds whether a variable is a scalar
is_string() - Find whether the type of a variable is string
function_exists() - Return true if the given function has been defined
method_exists() - Checks if the class method exists

gettype

Description

Parameters

Return Values

Changelog

Examples

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