{"id":5616,"date":"2021-03-18T07:01:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T07:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/?p=5616"},"modified":"2021-03-18T07:01:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T07:01:05","slug":"what-is-var_dump-in-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/what-is-var_dump-in-php\/","title":{"rendered":"What is var_dump in PHP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Var_dump function is used to check the data type of a variable. In PHP we do not have to write the data type while declaring the variable so if we want to print the data type we will use &#8220;<strong>var_dump&#8221; <\/strong>function to see type of data of the variable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/Joydeep-cotocus\/fd7cd7dcece1983ecd4fa94794cd91db.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Output:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-7-1024x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-7-1024x268.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-7-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-7-768x201.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-7.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, we can see in the output that it has printed the data type of all the variables which we have used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_60208\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eT8e9T6B6As?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Var_dump function is used to check the data type of a variable. 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