note 88602 added to function.mysql-query

When you run a select statement and receive a response, the data types of your response will be a string regardless of the data type of the column. <?php // Query to select an int column $query = 'SELECT user_id FROM users WHERE user_id = 1'; $result = mysql_query($query); $array = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); // Echoes: string echo gettype($array['user_id']); ?> ---- Server IP: 209.41.74.194 Probable Submitter: 76.78.201.63 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-query.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/88602 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88602/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88602/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88602/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88602/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88602/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88602/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88602 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/88602 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php