gettype

Description

Returns the type of the PHP variable var.

Possibles values for the returned string are:

• "boolean"

• "integer"

• "double"

• "string"

• "array"

• "object"

• "resource"

• "user function" (PHP 3 only, deprecated)

• "unknown type"

For PHP 4, you should use function_exists() and method_exists() to replace the prior usage of gettype() on a function.

See also settype().