variant_cast
(PHP 5)
variant_cast — Convert a variant into a new variant object of another type
Description
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 . type should be one of the VT_XXX constants.
This function wraps VariantChangeType() in the COM library; consult MSDN for more information.
See also variant_set_type().