Re: how do i get a variable type? - not that simple

Personally I'd perform a query into MySQL and get what _it_ thinks the values should be ... before doing anything else. It allows generality in your error checking code. Look at mysql_list_fields() et al. mark C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "phpman" <info@graphicon.nu> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 12:44 PM Subject: [PHP] how do i get a variable type? - not that simple > No guys. that doesn't work. Take this code for example... > > $a="3"; > echo(gettype($a)); > > this returns string > i need to find it as an integer or real or float for the sql. which by the > way is MySQL. > > thank you for responding, but I already know that gettype and all the other > is_* don't work for this. > > > > ""phpman"" <info@graphicon.nu> wrote in message > news:99132e$ol8$1@toye.p.sourceforge.net... > > hello all, > > > > let's say i have this: > > $a="varone=hello world|vartwo=2.44|varthree=100|"; > > > > now i do this: > > > > $b=explode('|',$a); > > $z=count($b); > > for ($x=0;$x<$z;$x++) { > > $tmp=explode('=',$b[$x]); > > .... > > > > and i want to find out if $tmp[1] is a string or an integer (that's > really > > all I need to determine so i can put > > together an SQL statement that puts single quotes around strings and none > > around integers). Obviously > > i won't know at design time all of the variables and their values. Thank > > you. > > > > -dave > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >