boolval
(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
boolval — Get the boolean value of a variable
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
See Also
- floatval() - Get float value of a variable
- intval() - Get the integer value of a variable
- strval() - Get string value of a variable
- settype() - Set the type of a variable
- is_bool() - Finds out whether a variable is a boolean
- Type juggling