PHP FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEANFilter
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Definition and Usage
The FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN filter validates a value as a boolean option.
- Name: "boolean"
- ID-number: 258
Possible return values:
- Returns TRUE if "1", "true", "on" and "yes".
- Returns FALSE if "0", "false", "off" and "no".
- Otherwise returns NULL.
Examples
<?php
$var="yes";
var_dump(filter_var($var, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN));
?>
$var="yes";
var_dump(filter_var($var, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN));
?>
The output of the code looks like this:
bool(true)
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