Posted by Rik on 06/28/07 17:23

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:19:06 +0200, shimmyshack <matt.farey@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Jun 28, 6:15 pm, Rik <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:50:36 +0200, shimmyshack <matt.fa...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Jun 28, 5:21 pm, "laredotorn...@zipmail.com"
>> > <laredotorn...@zipmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>>
>> >> I'm using php 4.4.4. How do i check if a given variable is an array
>> >> or simply a scalar?
>>
>> >> Thanks, - Dave
>>
>> > is_array ?
>>
>> > there are others:
>> > is_float()
>> > is_int()
>> > is_string()
>> > is_object()
>>
>> And don;t forget: is_scalar()
>>
> yeah theres loads of is_
> theres another one
> is_a_pain_to_remember_them_all
> but it always returns true for me
>

In your standard function library yeah? ;)

Just pointed it out, as it's normally no problem in PHP to juggle types as
one goes, but the difference between scalar & non-scalar is often
significant for functions, so a simple test is_scalar() offcourse beats
(!is_array()&&!is_object()&&!is_resource()) or (is_string()||is_float()).

--
Rik Wasmus

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