note 56362 added to ref.var

I needed a simple function that would reduce any kind of variable to a string or number while retaining some semblance of the data that was stored in the variable. This is what I came up with: <? function ReduceVar ($Value) { switch (gettype($Value)) { case "boolean": case "integer": case "double": case "string": case "NULL": return $Value; case "resource": return get_resource_type($Value); case "object": return ReduceVar(get_object_vars($Value)); case "array": if (count($Value) <= 0) return NULL; else return ReduceVar(reset($Value)); default: return NULL; } } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.var.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56362 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56362&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56362&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56362&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56362&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56362&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56362&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56362&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php