Variable handling Functions

is_string

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

is_string — Find whether the type of a variable is string

Description

bool is_string ( mixed $var )

Finds whether the type given variable is string.

Parameters

var: The variable being evaluated.

Return Values

Returns TRUE if var is of type string, FALSE otherwise.

Examples

Example #1 is_string() example


<?php
if (is_string("23")) {
    echo "is string\n";
} else {
    echo "is not a string\n";
}
var_dump(is_string('abc'));
var_dump(is_string("23"));
var_dump(is_string(23.5));
var_dump(is_string(true));
?>

The above example will output:

is string
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(false)

See Also

is_float() - Finds whether the type of a variable is float
is_int() - Find whether the type of a variable is integer
is_bool() - Finds out whether a variable is a boolean
is_object() - Finds whether a variable is an object
is_array() - Finds whether a variable is an array

Variable handling Functions