boolval

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

boolvalGet the boolean value of a variable

Description

boolval(mixed $value): bool

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([12]) ? '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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