I was reading PHP manual and I came across type juggling
I was confused, because I've never came across such thing.
$foo = 5 + "10 Little Piggies"; // $foo is integer (15)
When I used this code it returns me 15, it adds up 10 + 5 and when I use is_int()
it returns me true ie. 1
where I was expecting an error, it later referenced me to String conversion to numbers
where I read If the string starts with valid numeric data, this will be the value used. Otherwise, the value will be 0 (zero)
$foo = 1 + "bob3"; /* $foo is int though this doesn't add up 3+1
but as stated this adds 1+0 */
now what should I do if I want to treat 10 Little Piggies OR bob3 as a string
and not as an int
. Using settype()
doesn't work either. I want an error that I cannot add 5 to a string.