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

variant_cast

(PHP 5)

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

variant variant_cast ( variant $variant , int $type )

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.

This function wraps VariantChangeType() in the COM library; consult MSDN for more information.

Returns a VT_DATE variant.