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is_string

Find whether the type of a variable is string (PHP 4, PHP 5)
bool is_string ( mixed var )

Finds whether the type given variable is string.

Parameters

var: The variable being evaluated.

Return Values

Returns TRUE if var is of type string, FALSE otherwise.

Examples

Example 2595. is_string() example

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<?php

if (is_string("23")) {

 echo "is string\n";

} else {

 echo "is not an string\n";

}

var_dump(is_string('abc'));

var_dump(is_string("23"));

var_dump(is_string(23.5));

var_dump(is_string(true));

?>

The above example will output:

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is string

bool(true)

bool(true)

bool(false)

bool(false)

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is_string

Find whether the type of a variable is string (PHP 4, PHP 5) bool is_string ( mixed var )

Parameters

Return Values

Examples

Example 2595. is_string() example

Find whether the type of a variable is string (PHP 4, PHP 5)
bool is_string ( mixed var )