boolval

Get the boolean value of a variable

Description

bool boolval(mixed $value)

Returns the bool value of value.

Parameters

value

The scalar value being converted to a bool.

Return Values

The bool value of value.

Examples

Example #1 boolval examples

<?php
echo '0:        '.(boolval(0) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '42:       '.(boolval(42) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '0.0:      '.(boolval(0.0) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '4.2:      '.(boolval(4.2) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '"":       '.(boolval("") ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '"string": '.(boolval("string") ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '"0":      '.(boolval("0") ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '"1":      '.(boolval("1") ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '[1, 2]:   '.(boolval([1, 2]) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '[]:       '.(boolval([]) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo 'stdClass: '.(boolval(new stdClass) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
?>

The above example will output:

0:        false
42:       true
0.0:      false
4.2:      true
"":       false
"string": true
"0":      false
"1":      true
[1, 2]:   true
[]:       false
stdClass: true

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