<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <types> <type id="string" name="String"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> A <a href="http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php">sequence of characters</a>. </div></type> <type id="istring" name="Case-insensitive string"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> A series of case-insensitive characters. Internally, upper-case ASCII characters will be converted to lower-case. </div></type> <type id="text" name="Text"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> A series of characters that may contain newlines. Text tends to indicate human-oriented text, as opposed to a machine format. </div></type> <type id="itext" name="Case-insensitive text"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> A series of case-insensitive characters that may contain newlines. </div></type> <type id="int" name="Integer"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> An <a href="http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.types.integer.php"> integer</a>. You are alternatively permitted to pass a string of digits instead, which will be cast to an integer using <code>(int)</code>. </div></type> <type id="float" name="Float"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> A <a href="http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.types.float.php"> floating point number</a>. You are alternatively permitted to pass a numeric string (as defined by <code>is_numeric()</code>), which will be cast to a float using <code>(float)</code>. </div></type> <type id="bool" name="Boolean"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> A <a href="http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php">boolean</a>. You are alternatively permitted to pass an integer <code>0</code> or <code>1</code> (other integers are not permitted) or a string <code>"on"</code>, <code>"true"</code> or <code>"1"</code> for <code>true</code>, and <code>"off"</code>, <code>"false"</code> or <code>"0"</code> for <code>false</code>. </div></type> <type id="lookup" name="Lookup array"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> An array whose values are <code>true</code>, e.g. <code>array('key' => true, 'key2' => true)</code>. You are alternatively permitted to pass an array list of the keys <code>array('key', 'key2')</code> or a comma-separated string of keys <code>"key, key2"</code>. If you pass an array list of values, ensure that your values are strictly numerically indexed: <code>array('key1', 2 => 'key2')</code> will not do what you expect and emits a warning. </div></type> <type id="list" name="Array list"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> An array which has consecutive integer indexes, e.g. <code>array('val1', 'val2')</code>. You are alternatively permitted to pass a comma-separated string of keys <code>"val1, val2"</code>. If your array is not in this form, <code>array_values</code> is run on the array and a warning is emitted. </div></type> <type id="hash" name="Associative array"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> An array which is a mapping of keys to values, e.g. <code>array('key1' => 'val1', 'key2' => 'val2')</code>. You are alternatively permitted to pass a comma-separated string of key-colon-value strings, e.g. <code>"key1: val1, key2: val2"</code>. </div></type> <type id="mixed" name="Mixed"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> An arbitrary PHP value of any type. </div></type> </types> <!-- vim: et sw=4 sts=4 -->