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variant_cast()

variant_cast - Convert a variant into a new variant object of another type

Syntax

variant variant_cast (variant $variant, int $type)

Arguments

  • variant - The variant.
  • type - type should be one of the VT_XXX constants.

Description

This function makes a copy of variant and then performs a variant cast operation to force the copy to have the type given by type.

Version

PHP 5

Return value

Returns a VT_DATE variant.