<?php function intval ($var, $base = null) {} Get the integer value of a variable
intval
Get the integer value of a variable
<?php function intval($var, $base = 10) { } @param mixed $var — The scalar value being converted to an integer
@param int $base — [optional]
The base for the conversion
@return int The integer value of var on success, or 0 on failure. Empty arrays and objects return 0, non-empty arrays and objects return 1.
The maximum value depends on the system. 32 bit systems have a maximum signed integer range of -2147483648 to 2147483647. So for example on such a system, intval('1000000000000') will return 2147483647. The maximum signed integer value for 64 bit systems is 9223372036854775807.
Strings will most likely return 0 although this depends on the leftmost characters of the string. The common rules of integer casting apply.