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tvirelli
tvirelli

Reputation: 464

php settype() int always returns 1

I am getting a variable from $_GET['category']. This is always supposed to be a integer. So when I set the variable I use:

$category=settype($_GET['category'], "int");
// Also tried
$category=settype($_GET['category'], "integer");

However, this always returns 1. They are numbers in the query string for example:

http://domain.com/example.php?category=57

When I echo $category it always returns 1. No mater what ?category= has behind it for a number.

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3090

Answers (4)

Jaydeep Mor
Jaydeep Mor

Reputation: 1703

Please read documentation properly.

The first argument is pass by reference. So no need to set return value in another variable.

You just do like,

$category = $_GET['category'];
settype($category, "integer");

Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

deceze
deceze

Reputation: 522109

settype returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

It does not return the value, it just returns whether setting the type was successful or not. Your $_GET['category'] variable is now an int. If you want to do a cast which returns the value but leaves the variable untouched, the syntax is:

$category = (int)$_GET['category'];

Upvotes: 1

phihag
phihag

Reputation: 287865

settype modifies the type of the variable. You're using it as if it would return a new variable.

However, settype returns true if the type change was successful, and false otherwise. You're seeing the result 1 since that's the string representation of true.

You should either use casting, or intval:

$category = (int) $_GET['category']; // or ...
$category = intval($_GET['category']);

Upvotes: 4

Phil
Phil

Reputation: 164798

Please read the documentation for settype(). FYI, its return value is bool.

Instead, try casting, eg

$category = (int) $_GET['category'];

Upvotes: 0

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