Re: note 15233 added to language.types.type-juggling

This is a hack commenly used in Java, but in PHP there's a much better alternative: (string). Better because it is more clear. --jeroen ----- Original Message ----- From: <matt-nospam@sprynewmedia.com> Newsgroups: php.notes To: <php-notes@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 7:22 PM Subject: note 15233 added to language.types.type-juggling > Easy way to cast something like the result of a function to a string: > > $myString = '' . $db->f('arg'); > > Concatenating the empty quotes changes the result to a string no matter what type the result is. For instance the $db object might be returning an int in this case, but $myString will have the string equivalent in it. > > Matt. > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.type-juggling.php >