Types

Boolean

$boolean1 = true;
$boolean2 = TRUE;
$boolean3 = false;
$boolean4 = FALSE;

$boolean5 = (boolean) 1;   # => true
$boolean6 = (boolean) 0;   # => false

Boolean are case-insensitive

Integer

$int1 = 28;    # => 28
$int2 = -32;   # => -32
$int3 = 012;   # => 10 (octal)
$int4 = 0x0F;  # => 15 (hex)
$int5 = 0b101; # => 5  (binary)

# => 2000100000 (decimal, PHP 7.4.0)
$int6 = 2_000_100_000;

See also: Integers

Strings

echo 'this is a simple string';

Arrays

$arr = array("hello", "world", "!");

Float (Double)

$float1 = 1.234;
$float2 = 1.2e7;
$float3 = 7E-10;

$float4 = 1_234.567;  // as of PHP 7.4.0
var_dump($float4);    // float(1234.567)

$float5 = 1 + "10.5";   # => 11.5
$float6 = 1 + "-1.3e3"; # => -1299

Null

$a = null;
$b = 'Hello php!';
echo $a ?? 'a is unset'; # => a is unset
echo $b ?? 'b is unset'; # => Hello php

$a = array();
$a == null    # => true
$a === null   # => false
is_null($a)   # => false

Iterables

function bar(): iterable {
    return [1, 2, 3];
}
function gen(): iterable {
    yield 1;
    yield 2;
    yield 3;
}
foreach (bar() as $value) {
    echo $value;   # => 123
}

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