There are 8 types of Data in PHP programming language. Here is the list of all Data Types:
#####Scalar Type
1. Boolean
2. Integar
3. Float
4. String
Compound Type
5. Array
6. Object
Special Type
7. Resource
8. Null
Now please see the following code and run yourself on your computer to see the result and I hope you will easily understand about what is PHP Data Type
and the usage of this.
<?php /** * @Author: G. M. Shaharia Azam * @URL: http://www.shahariaazam.com * @Description: Few example of PHP Data Type */ /* delcare few variable to check their data type */ $intVar = 10; //Integar variable $floatVar = 2.49; //Float type aka Double $stringVar = "There are 8 data types in PHP"; // String $arrayVar = array( 'Boolean', 'Integar', 'Float aka Double', 'String', 'Array', 'Object', 'Resource', 'Null' ); // Array type $booleanVar = true; // Boolean type // Make an empty class to check object type class obj{ } $objectVar = new obj(); // To check resource type $resource = mysql_connect(); // Null value $nullVar = null; // output the data type of each variable echo gettype($intVar); echo "n"; echo gettype($floatVar); echo "n"; echo gettype($stringVar); echo "n"; echo gettype($arrayVar); echo "n"; echo gettype($booleanVar); echo "n"; echo gettype($objectVar); echo "n"; echo gettype($resource); echo "n"; echo gettype($nullVar); echo "n";
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