is_scalar
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
is_scalar — Finds whether a variable is a scalar
Description
Finds whether the given variable is a scalar.
Scalar variables are those containing an int, float, string or bool. Types array, object, resource and null are not scalar.
Note:
is_scalar() does not consider resource type values to be scalar as resources are abstract datatypes which are currently based on integers. This implementation detail should not be relied upon, as it may change.
Note:
is_scalar() does not consider NULL to be scalar.
Parameters
-
value -
The variable being evaluated.
Return Values
Returns true if value is a scalar, false
otherwise.
Examples
Example #1 is_scalar() example
<?php
function show_var($var)
{
if (is_scalar($var)) {
echo $var;
} else {
var_dump($var);
}
}
$pi = 3.1416;
$proteins = array("hemoglobin", "cytochrome c oxidase", "ferredoxin");
show_var($pi);
show_var($proteins)
?>
The above example will output:
3.1416
array(3) {
[0]=>
string(10) "hemoglobin"
[1]=>
string(20) "cytochrome c oxidase"
[2]=>
string(10) "ferredoxin"
}
See Also
- is_float() - Finds whether the type of a variable is float
- is_int() - Find whether the type of a variable is integer
- is_numeric() - Finds whether a variable is a number or a numeric string
- is_real() - Alias of is_float
- is_string() - Find whether the type of a variable is string
- is_bool() - Finds out whether a variable is a boolean
- is_object() - Finds whether a variable is an object
- is_array() - Finds whether a variable is an array
