Another Cast To Int¶

<?php

$a = '2';

$b = +$a;

var_dump($b);

?>

Another way to cast a value to int, besides the obvious (int) operator and the classic + 0, is to use the unary operator + operator on a variable: it add a sign operation on the variable, and the + sign is invariant: yet, the content of the variable is turned into an integer.

See Also¶

Another cast to int [Try me]

PHP Features¶

integer
cast

Last updated: 14 July 2026