Question

Which of the following function in PHP can be used to test the type of any variable?

a) showtype()

b) gettype()

c) settype()

d) None of the above

Answer 1

b) gettype()

Description: The gettype() function is an inbuilt function in PHP, and as its name implies, it returns the type of a variable. The gettype() function in PHP is used to check the type of existing variable.