get_resource_type
This function returns string representation of type. This is generalization of get_class(). I try to order is_* tests by density of occurence, but is bad idea to use result of this call in conditions for performance reasons, usefull and better than gettype for debugging messages.
Note, that last line should not be never executed.
Also has no sense to make input parameter optional.
<?php
function get_type($var)
{
if(is_object($var))
return get_class($var);
if(is_null($var))
return 'null';
if(is_string($var))
return 'string';
if(is_array($var))
return 'array';
if(is_int($var))
return 'integer';
if(is_bool($var))
return 'boolean';
if(is_float($var))
return 'float';
if(is_resource($var))
return 'resource';
//throw new NotImplementedException();
return 'unknown';
}
?>
gettype
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
gettype — Get the type of a variable
Description
Returns the type of the PHP variable var. For
type checking, use is_* functions.
Parameters
-
var -
The variable being type checked.
Return Values
Possibles values for the returned string are:
Examples
Example #1 gettype() example
<?php
$data = array(1, 1., NULL, new stdClass, 'foo');
foreach ($data as $value) {
echo gettype($value), "\n";
}
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
integer double NULL object string
See Also
- settype() - Set the type of a variable
- get_class() - Returns the name of the class of an object
- is_array() - Finds whether a variable is an array
- is_bool() - Finds out whether a variable is a boolean
- is_float() - Finds whether the type of a variable is float
- is_int() - Find whether the type of a variable is integer
- is_null() - Finds whether a variable is NULL
- is_numeric() - Finds whether a variable is a number or a numeric string
- is_object() - Finds whether a variable is an object
- is_resource() - Finds whether a variable is a resource
- is_scalar() - Finds whether a variable is a scalar
- is_string() - Find whether the type of a variable is string
- function_exists() - Return TRUE if the given function has been defined
- method_exists() - Checks if the class method exists
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User Contributed Notes
gettype - [10 notes]
langpavel at phpskelet dot org ¶
2 years ago
gilthansNOSPAM at gmail dot com ¶
7 years ago
NaN and #IND will return double or float on gettype, while some inexistent values, like division by zero, will return as a boolean FALSE. 0 by the 0th potency returns 1, even though it is mathematically indetermined.
<?php
$number = 5/0;
$number2 = sqrt(-3);
$number3 = pow(0, 0);
$number4 = 0/0;
echo $number."<br />";
echo $number2."<br />";
echo $number3."<br />";
echo $number4."<br />";
echo "<br />";
echo gettype($number)."<br />";
echo gettype($number2)."<br />";
echo gettype($number3)."<br />";
echo gettype($number4);
?>
This will return:
-1.#IND
1
boolean
double
integer
boolean
0
1
1
0
PHP Warning: Division by zero in C\test.php on line 2 PHP Warning: Division by zero in C:\test.php on line 5
PPKu-N0-SPAM-schy at mediasoft-berlin dot de ¶
2 years ago
After some testing I found a bug in my function "myGetType":
The check for "is_callable" was done before "is_string", so that something like <?php echo myGetType("max"); ?> would output: "function reference" instead of "string"
"is_callable" and "is_string" can't be checked together in this method, so I've removed the check for is_callable because it's a very rare usage case and if it's a valid string the check for is_callable never executes because is_string would be reached first (or vice-versa).
So here is the new function without "is_callable"-Check:
<?php
/**
* Returns the type of the var passed.
*
* @param mixed $var Variable
* @return string Type of variable
*/
function myGetType($var)
{
if (is_array($var)) return "array";
if (is_bool($var)) return "boolean";
if (is_float($var)) return "float";
if (is_int($var)) return "integer";
if (is_null($var)) return "NULL";
if (is_numeric($var)) return "numeric";
if (is_object($var)) return "object";
if (is_resource($var)) return "resource";
if (is_string($var)) return "string";
return "unknown type";
}
?>
Wilson212 ¶
2 years ago
I did some benchmarking and your method here is alot slower then using the actual gettype(); (Using php 5.3.4)
Crysis nerd ¶
2 years ago
I wanted to compare the type of 2 vars.
1st method: Use this Funktion (gettype) and compare with ==
2nd method: Compare every type per is_[type]
Here a little Benchmark:
(I had to break line twice..)
<?php
$var1 = "Hallo";
$var2 = "Käsekuchen";
$var3 = 3.141526;
$Start = microtime(true);
for($i=0;$i<10000;$i++)
{
if(is_bool($var1)&&is_bool($var2)||is_int($var1)&&
is_int($var2)||is_string($var1)&&is_string($var2)||
is_object($var1)&&is_object($var2)||is_array($var1)
&&is_array($var2))
{
//same
}
if(is_bool($var3)&&is_bool($var2)||is_int($var3)&&
is_int($var2)||is_string($var3)&&is_string($var2)||
is_object($var3)&&is_object($var2)||is_array($var3)
&&is_array($var2))
{
//same
}
}
$time = microtime(true)-$Start;
echo "Zeit fuer if abfrage: ".$time."<br>";
$Start = microtime(true);
for($i=0;$i<10000;$i++)
{
if(gettype($var1)==gettype($var2))
{
//same
}
if(gettype($var3)==gettype($var2))
{
//same
}
}
$time = microtime(true)-$Start;
echo "Zeit fuer funktion : ".$time;
?>
Output:
Zeit fuer if abfrage: 0.0257611274719
Zeit fuer funktion : 0.0139331817627
So the function isnt so slow...
Lukas
sneskid at hotmail dot com ¶
6 years ago
I wrote my own gettype function by just using the default is_? functions, but it took twice as long as gettype... So I decided to use gettype with a twist.
Taking the warnings about gettype to heart, and depending on your custom needs, it's worthwhile to dynamically test the gettype result with a known variable, and link the result to a predefined result. Like so:
<?php
/*
dynamically create an array by using known variable types
link with a predefined value
*/
$R=array();
$R[gettype(.0)]='number';
$R[gettype(0)]='number';
$R[gettype(true)]='boolean';
$R[gettype('')]='string';
$R[gettype(null)]='null';
$R[gettype(array())]='array';
$R[gettype(new stdClass())]='object';
// what is
function wis_($v){
global $R;
return $R[gettype($v)];
}
echo wis_('hello') . '<br/>'; // "string"
echo wis_(24) . '<br/>'; // "number"
echo wis_(0.24) . '<br/>'; // "number"
echo wis_(null) . '<br/>'; // "null"
echo wis_($R) . '<br/>'; // "array"
?>
You won't need to worry about changes in gettype's return strings in future versions.
If the result evaluates to false then you know the variable tested is some "other" type.
I also find these useful
<?php
function is_num($v){return (is_int($v) || is_double($v));}
function is_box($v){return (is_array($v)||is_object($v));}
echo is_num(null) . '<br/>'; // false
echo is_num(false) . '<br/>'; // false
echo is_num('123') . '<br/>'; // false
echo is_num(123) . '<br/>'; // true
echo is_num(123.0) . '<br/>'; // true
?>
skatebiker at hotmail dot com ¶
5 years ago
In some rare cases a class instance object returns false when an object but gettype() returns "object".
<?php
$x = new classvar();
$save = serialize($x);
// ......
$obj = unserialize($save);
// here sometimes is_object() returns FALSE
if (is_object($x) || gettype($x) === "object")
{
// ... do something
}
?>
matt at appstate ¶
8 years ago
Here is something that had me stumped with regards to gettype and is_object.
Gettype will report an incomplete object as such, whereas is_object will return FALSE.
<?php
if (!is_object($incomplete_obj)) {
echo 'This variable is not an object, it is a/an ' . gettype($incomplete_obj);
}
?>
Will print:
This variable is not an object, it is a/an object
SoN9ne at gmail dot com ¶
3 years ago
This is my work around for the gettype warning. Hope some find it useful.
<?php
/**
* Returns the type of the passed var
* - PHP warns against using gettype(), this is my workaround
*
* @param mixed $var
* @return string
*/
function myGetType($var)
{
if (is_array($var)) return "array";
if (is_bool($var)) return "boolean";
if (is_callable($var)) return "function reference";
if (is_float($var)) return "float";
if (is_int($var)) return "integer";
if (is_null($var)) return "NULL";
if (is_numeric($var)) return "numeric";
if (is_object($var)) return "object";
if (is_resource($var)) return "resource";
if (is_string($var)) return "string";
return "unknown type";
}
?>
[EDITOR thiago NOTE: Code has been updated by PPKu-N0-SPAM-schy at mediasoft-berlin dot de]