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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Datatypes Booleans

Posted by Fabian amran
Fabian amran
Courses Plus Student 260 Points

var_dump

I could not understand why var_dump is required when creating a TRUE or FALSE boolean.

2 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

var_dump is never required. I think they were just showing you how the php interperater handles booleans like that. var_dump is a debugging function, it it literally just dumps out whatever you pass it, with the information around what it is.

Dino Heras
Dino Heras
8,381 Points
Dino Heras
Dino Heras
8,381 Points

Hello Kevin Korte is var_dump used in php programming regularly?

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

I use it a lot. It's an easy way for me to see what information is exactly available to me at a given point in the program.

I'll often make a temp variable equal to a function or some other object so I can see what's inside, whether it's an array, or something else.