(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
boolval — Get the boolean value of a variable
valueThe scalar value being converted to a bool .
The bool value of value.
Example #1 boolval() examples
<?php
echo '0: '.(boolval(0) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '42: '.(boolval(42) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '0.0: '.(boolval(0.0) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '4.2: '.(boolval(4.2) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '"": '.(boolval("") ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '"string": '.(boolval("string") ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '"0": '.(boolval("0") ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '"1": '.(boolval("1") ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '[1, 2]: '.(boolval([1, 2]) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo '[]: '.(boolval([]) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
echo 'stdClass: '.(boolval(new stdClass) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
?>The above example will output:
0: false 42: true 0.0: false 4.2: true "": false "string": true "0": false "1": true [1, 2]: true []: false stdClass: true
To anyone like me who came here looking for a way to turn any value into a 0/1 that will fit into a MySQL boolean (tinyint) field:
<?php
$tinyint = (int) filter_var($valToCheck, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
?>
tinyint will be 0 (zero) for values like string "false", boolean false, int 0
tinyint will be 1 for values like string "true", boolean true, int 1
Useful if you are accepting data that might be from a language like Javascript that sends string "false" for a boolean false.<?
// Hack for old php versions to use boolval()
if (!function_exists('boolval')) {
function boolval($val) {
return (bool) $val;
}
}
?>function is_true($val, $return_null=false){
$boolval = ( is_string($val) ? filter_var($val, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN, FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE) : (bool) $val );
return ( $boolval===null && !$return_null ? false : $boolval );
}
// Return Values:
is_true(new stdClass); // true
is_true([1,2]); // true
is_true([1]); // true
is_true([0]); // true
is_true(42); // true
is_true(-42); // true
is_true('true'); // true
is_true('on') // true
is_true('off') // false
is_true('yes') // true
is_true('no') // false
is_true('ja') // false
is_true('nein') // false
is_true('1'); // true
is_true(NULL); // false
is_true(0); // false
is_true('false'); // false
is_true('string'); // false
is_true('0.0'); // false
is_true('4.2'); // false
is_true('0'); // false
is_true(''); // false
is_true([]); // falseI believe that the double negation !! can perform the same task with the same result if your PHP is not up2date
var_dump(!!1, !!0, !!"test", !!"");
outputs:
boolean true
boolean false
boolean true
boolean false
May the life be good to you.<?
// Some way to print boolean value as string
$b = true;
echo ['false', 'true'][$b];
?>A misspell in v2.0.
:-)
Hack v2.1
<?php
if( ! function_exists('boolval'))
{
/**
* Get the boolean value of a variable
*
* @param mixed The scalar value being converted to a boolean.
* @return boolean The boolean value of var.
*/
function boolval($var)
{
return !! $var;
}
}
?>