note 47068 added to language.types.boolean

Discord's method is ok. But a bit bulky. I wanted to use (bool) to ensure a field going into MySQL wasn't any greater than 1, and not less than 0. That obviously isn't going to work too great with (bool). So I found this nice method that can be used for other things as well. $var = "false" $var = ($var) ? 1 : 0; Now strings can be bool'ed. 1, "1", "true", true, 2, -1, etc will end up being 1. Anything that equalled 0 (0, "0", false, "false"), will return a 0. Works for me! Now you'll get a 0 or 1, nothing else. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+47068 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47068&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47068&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47068&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47068&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47068&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47068&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+47068&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php