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.

This function wraps VariantChangeType() in the COM library; consult MSDN for more information.

Parameters

variant: The variant.
type: type should be one of the VT_XXX constants.

Return Values

Returns a variant of given type.

See Also

variant_set_type