settype looks like a no-go for this; per the php docs... http://php.net/manual/en/function.settype.php ------ $bar = true; // boolean settype($bar, "string"); // $bar is now "1" (string) ------ I think using a conditional here is the best (only?) way. $bool = (strtolower($string)=='true')? true: false; and if the default should be true... $bool = (strtolower($string)=='false')? false: true; If you you're going to use it a lot then wrap it in a function. Also, (as was stated) preg_ is overkill here. php has a lot of nifty string functions that should be taken advantage of before jumping onto regex. Chris. On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:01 AM, ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx < ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That's as bad as an if! > > What about using settype() on the string? I've not tested it, but it looks > like it should do the trick. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Russell Dias" <rus321@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 10:51 > Subject: "My truth comes out" [1] > To: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > preg_match("/false/i", $string) ? false : true; > > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Gary <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Is there any nice way to convert a string containing either "TRUE" or > > "FALSE" to a bool with the appropriate value? I know I can just "if > > (strcmp..." but, as the song goes on to say "...ugly, so ugly, it's > ugly"[1] > > > > Footnotes: > > [1] "Mask", Henry Rollins > > > > -- > > Gary > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
