variant_mul
  Multiplies the values of the two variants
  
 
  Description
  
   mixed variant_mul
    ( mixed $left
   , mixed $right
   )
  
  
 
  Parameters
  
   
    
     - 
left
- 
      
       The left operand.
       
- 
right
- 
      
       The right operand.
       
   Boolean values are converted to -1 for 
FALSE and 0 for 
TRUE.
   
Note: 
 As with all the variant arithmetic functions, the parameters for this function
 can be either a PHP native type (integer, string, floating point, boolean or
 NULL), or an instance of a COM, VARIANT or DOTNET class.  PHP native types
 will be converted to variants using the same rules as found in the constructor
 for the VARIANT class.  COM and DOTNET objects
 will have the value of their default property taken and used as the variant value.
 The variant arithmetic functions are wrappers around the similarly named
 functions in the COM library; for more information on these functions, consult
 the MSDN library.  The PHP functions are named slightly differently; for example
 variant_add in PHP corresponds to VarAdd()
  in the MSDN documentation.
  
  
 
  Return Values
  
   
    Variant Multiplication Rules
    
     
      
       | If | Then | 
     
     
      
       | Both expressions are of the string, date, character, boolean type | Multiplication | 
      
       | One expression is a string type and the other a
       character | Multiplication | 
      
       | One expression is numeric and the other is a string | Multiplication | 
      
       | Both expressions are numeric | Multiplication | 
      
       | Either expression is NULL | NULL is returned | 
      
       | Both expressions are empty | Empty string is returned |