1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
3 <type id="string" name="String"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
5 href="http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php">sequence
8 <type id="istring" name="Case-insensitive string"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
9 A series of case-insensitive characters. Internally, upper-case
10 ASCII characters will be converted to lower-case.
12 <type id="text" name="Text"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
13 A series of characters that may contain newlines. Text tends to
14 indicate human-oriented text, as opposed to a machine format.
16 <type id="itext" name="Case-insensitive text"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
17 A series of case-insensitive characters that may contain newlines.
19 <type id="int" name="Integer"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
21 href="http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.types.integer.php">
22 integer</a>. You are alternatively permitted to pass a string of
23 digits instead, which will be cast to an integer using
26 <type id="float" name="Float"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
27 A <a href="http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.types.float.php">
28 floating point number</a>. You are alternatively permitted to
29 pass a numeric string (as defined by <code>is_numeric()</code>),
30 which will be cast to a float using <code>(float)</code>.
32 <type id="bool" name="Boolean"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
34 href="http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php">boolean</a>.
35 You are alternatively permitted to pass an integer <code>0</code> or
36 <code>1</code> (other integers are not permitted) or a string
37 <code>"on"</code>, <code>"true"</code> or <code>"1"</code> for
38 <code>true</code>, and <code>"off"</code>, <code>"false"</code> or
39 <code>"0"</code> for <code>false</code>.
41 <type id="lookup" name="Lookup array"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
42 An array whose values are <code>true</code>, e.g. <code>array('key'
43 => true, 'key2' => true)</code>. You are alternatively permitted
44 to pass an array list of the keys <code>array('key', 'key2')</code>
45 or a comma-separated string of keys <code>"key, key2"</code>. If
46 you pass an array list of values, ensure that your values are
47 strictly numerically indexed: <code>array('key1', 2 =>
48 'key2')</code> will not do what you expect and emits a warning.
50 <type id="list" name="Array list"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
51 An array which has consecutive integer indexes, e.g.
52 <code>array('val1', 'val2')</code>. You are alternatively permitted
53 to pass a comma-separated string of keys <code>"val1, val2"</code>.
54 If your array is not in this form, <code>array_values</code> is run
55 on the array and a warning is emitted.
57 <type id="hash" name="Associative array"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
58 An array which is a mapping of keys to values, e.g.
59 <code>array('key1' => 'val1', 'key2' => 'val2')</code>. You are
60 alternatively permitted to pass a comma-separated string of
61 key-colon-value strings, e.g. <code>"key1: val1, key2: val2"</code>.
63 <type id="mixed" name="Mixed"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
64 An arbitrary PHP value of any type.
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