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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Operators More Comparison Operators

Paul M
Paul M
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Paul M
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Would the var_dump be considered a boolean?

I was wondering would the var_dump be considered a boolean?

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Kireeti K
Kireeti K
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Kireeti K
Kireeti K
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VarDump Returns the info about the variable and the value it holds, It is not related or can be compared to any data type

For example: $a = 10; //here $a is integer and it holds value 10

when u do var_dump($a) it returns int(10) Which says type integer and value 10. Hope this answers your question.

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var_dump is a function with no return type. So no, it wouldn't be a boolean. Now the success or failure of the execution of that function might be, but I'm not even sure why you might need that. Here's some information about it:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.var-dump.php