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

Question

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.

Answer 1

You can use type casting instead.

eg. $myText = (string)$myVar;

OR

You can use strval method to get string value of a variable

eg $myText = strval($myVar);