PHP will automatically convert data types as necessary across the board - you need not worry about it happening. If you specifically wish to override PHP's type conversion, you can perform what is called a type cast - you forcibly convert a variable of type A to type B. In PHP, type casting looks like this: PHP: <?php $mystring = "wombat"; $myinteger = (integer)$mystring ?> At first, $mystring contains a string. However, we type cast it to be an integer, so PHP will convert it to an integer, and place the result into $myinteger. You can type cast as boolean using (bool), string using (string), and floating-point using (float). Type casting is most often used to specifically enforce a type in order to provide extra security or just to make sure a set type of data is being used. For example, if your script absolutely requires an integer number, it's a smart move to typecast your variable with (integer) so that PHP will convert any other type to integer or do nothing if the type is already integer. Converting a float to an integer will automatically round the number down, and is actually faster than using the equivalent function.
Hi pradeep i want to typecast a string to inteiger , c se this code $date = new DateTime($jdate); $startDay =(integer)date("d", strtotime($jdate)); //echo $jdate."*****".$startDay ; //$date->modify("+1 day"); //echo $date->format("Y-m-d"); if($startDay<15) $Balance=1.5; else if($startDay>14 && $startDay< 25) $Balance=1; else if($startDay>24 && $startDay<32) $Balance=0.5; giving an error on last line, error message is , parse error, unexpected '<' in C:\\Program Files\\sugarcrm-4.2.0c\\htdocs\\sugarcrm\\modules\\HR\\submitEmployee.php on line 103, please suggest
thanks to repluy pradeep I tried this way (c the second & third line) it is working fine but i wan to know that whay it is not workin with earlier code $date = new DateTime($jdate); $temp =date("d", strtotime($jdate)); $startDay=(int)$temp; //echo $jdate."*****".$startDay ; //$date->modify("+1 day"); //echo $date->format("Y-m-d"); if($startDay<15) $Balance=1.5; else if($startDay>14 && $startDay< 25) $Balance=1; else if($startDay>24 && $startDay<32) $Balance=0.5;