Try this function get_type($var) { if(is_object($var)) return get_class($var); if(is_null($var)) return 'null'; if(is_string($var)) return 'string'; if(is_array($var)) return 'array'; if(is_int($var)) return 'integer'; if(is_bool($var)) return 'boolean'; if(is_float($var)) return 'float'; if(is_resource($var)) return 'resource'; //throw new NotImplementedException(); return 'unknown'; } On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Karim Geiger <geiger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 09:55 +0000, Kevin Peterson wrote: > > Have two questions - > > 1. How to find type of a variable in PHP. > > 2. How to find the type of an array in PHP. > > > > Please help. > > > > Use this: > http://php.net/manual/en/function.gettype.php > > Regards > > Karim > > -- > Karim Geiger > > B1 Systems GmbH > Osterfeldstraße 7 / 85088 Vohburg / http://www.b1-systems.de > GF: Ralph Dehner / Unternehmenssitz: Vohburg / AG: Ingolstadt,HRB 3537 >