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# is_string

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

is_string — Find whether the type of a variable is string

### Description

bool is_string ( mixed `$var` )

Finds whether the type given variable is string.

### Parameters

`var`

  The variable being evaluated.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` if `var` is of type string, `FALSE` otherwise.

### Examples

Example #1 is_string() example

`<?php
if (is_string("23")) {
echo "is string\n";
} else {
echo "is not an string\n";
}
var_dump(is_string('abc'));
var_dump(is_string("23"));
var_dump(is_string(23.5));
var_dump(is_string(true));
?>`

The above example will output:

    is string
    bool(true)
    bool(true)
    bool(false)
    bool(false)

### See Also

- is_float()
- is_int()
- is_bool()
- is_object()
- is_array()

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