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Hovsep
Hovsep

Reputation: 377

For what is need such a form of unset?

Today I try this:

(unset) $myVar;

This form is accepted in php 5.2, but where it can be used?

P.S. Actually variable will not be destroyed :)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 37

Answers (1)

Lawrence Cherone
Lawrence Cherone

Reputation: 46602

RTM: http://php.net/manual/en/function.unset.php

Example #2 Using (unset) casting

(unset) casting is often confused with the unset() function. (unset) casting serves only as a NULL-type cast, for completeness. It does not alter the variable it's casting.

<?php
$name = 'Felipe';

var_dump((unset) $name);
var_dump($name);
?>

The above example will output:

NULL
string(6) "Felipe"

Upvotes: 4

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