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PreviousNext ❯ Sometimes you need to change 
a variable from one data type into another, 
and sometimes you want a variable to have a 
specific data type. This can be done with 
casting. Change Data Type Casting in PHP is 
done with these statements: (string) - 
Converts to data type String (int) - 
Converts to data type Integer (float) - 
Converts to data type Float (bool) - 
Converts to data type Boolean (array) - 
Converts to data type Array (object) - 
Converts to data type Object (unset) - 
Converts to data type NULL Cast to String To 
cast to string, use the (string) statement: 
ExampleGet your own PHP Server $a = 5; // 
Integer $b = 5.34; // Float $c = "hello"; // 
String $d = true; // Boolean $e = NULL; // 
NULL $a = (string) $a; $b = (string) $b; $c 
= (string) $c; $d = (string) $d; $e = 
(string) $e;
//To verify the type of any object in PHP, 
//use the var_dump() function:
var_dump($a); var_dump($b); var_dump($c); 
var_dump($d);
var_dump($e);