Availability in PHP 4.0
Finds out whether a variable is a boolean
Parameters
Parameter
Data type
Default value
Note
$var
mixed
not
The variable being evaluated.
Return values
bool
true if var is a boolean,
false otherwise.
Other resources…
Availability in PHP 4.0
Finds whether a variable is an array
Parameters
Parameter
Data type
Default value
Note
$var
mixed
not
The variable being evaluated.
Return values
bool
true if var is an array,
false otherwise.
Other resources…
Availability in PHP 4.0
&Alias; is_int
Parameters
Parameter
Data type
Default value
Note
$var
mixed
not
The variable being evaluated.
Return values
bool
true if var is an integer,
false otherwise.
Other resources
Official is-long…
Availability in PHP 4.0
Alias of function is_float().
Parameters
Parameter
Data type
Default value
Note
$var
mixed
not
The variable being evaluated.
Return values
bool
true if var is a float,
false otherwise.
Other resources
Official is…
Availability in PHP 4.0
Find whether the type of a variable is string
Parameters
Parameter
Data type
Default value
Note
$var
mixed
not
The variable being evaluated.
Return values
bool
true if var is of type string,
false otherwise.
Other…
Availability in PHP 4.0
Checks if the input value is float (floating point number).
For example, the number 3.14 is float.
Parameters
Parameter
Data type
Default value
Note
$var
mixed
not
Variable to be validated.
Return values
bool…
Availability in PHP 4.0
Finds whether a variable is an object
Parameters
Parameter
Data type
Default value
Note
$var
mixed
not
The variable being evaluated.
Return values
bool
true if var is an object,
false otherwise.
Other resources…
Availability in PHP 4.0
&Alias; is_float
Parameters
Parameter
Data type
Default value
Note
$var
mixed
not
The variable being evaluated.
Return values
bool
true if var is a float,
false otherwise.
Other resources
Official is-real…
Availability in PHP 4.0
&Alias; is_int
Parameters
Parameter
Data type
Default value
Note
$var
mixed
not
The variable being evaluated.
Return values
bool
true if var is an integer,
false otherwise.
Other resources
Official is-integer…
Availability in PHP 4.0
Finds whether a variable is a number or a numeric string
Parameters
Parameter
Data type
Default value
Note
$var
mixed
not
The variable being evaluated.
Return values
bool
true if var is a number or a numeric
string,…
Availability in versions: PHP 4.0.5
Checks if the input is a scalar value.
Scalar variables are variables containing integer (integer), float, string or boolean. The array, object and resource types are not scalar.
Note: The value null is not scalar…
Availability in PHP 4.0
Find whether the type of a variable is integer
Parameters
Parameter
Data type
Default value
Note
$var
mixed
not
The variable being evaluated.
Return values
bool
true if var is an integer,
false otherwise.
Other…