PHP equivalent of .NET/Java's toString()

php, string

Solution

You can use the casting operators:

$myText = (string)$myVar;

There are more details for string casting and conversion in the Strings section of the PHP manual, including special handling for booleans and nulls.

Problem

How do I convert the value of a PHP variable to string? I was looking for something better than concatenating with an empty string: ``` $myText = $myVar . ''; ``` Like the `ToString()` method in Java or .NET.

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