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Type Juggling in PHP in Hindi | Type Juggling in PHP:

PHP is a loosely typed language, which means that it is not necessary to define the type of variables in advance.
PHP itself understands the type based on the value of the variable. This automatic type conversion is called Type Juggling.

What do you mean by Type Juggling?

Type juggling is the process where PHP changes the data type of a variable based on its value. This conversion is done automatically by PHP.
Example: If you try to add a string and a number, PHP automatically converts the string to a number or vice versa.

Data types in PHP:

PHP has the following main data types:

Integer (whole numbers like: 10, -20)
Float/Double (decimal numbers like: 3.14, -2.5)
String (text like: "Hello", 'PHP')
Boolean (true/false)
Array (a group of data)
Object (an instance of a class)
NULL (no value)

Types of Type Juggling in PHP in Hindi | Types of Type Juggling:

Automatic type conversion: PHP automatically changes the type of a variable based on its value.

Example:

<?php

$a = "5"; // This is a string

$b = 10; // This is a number (Integer)

$c = $a + $b; // PHP converts the string "5" to the number 5

echo $c; // Output: 15

Type juggling in comparison: PHP can change the type of a variable when using comparison operators (==, ===, !=, etc.).

Example:

<?php

$a = "5"; // String

$b = 5; // Number

if ($a == $b) { // PHP converts the string to a number

echo "Both are equal.";

} else {

echo "Both are different.";

}

// Output: Both are equal.

But in strict comparison (===), the type is also checked.

<?php

if ($a === $b) {

echo "Both are equal.";

} else {

echo "Both are different.";

}

// Output: Both are different.

Type juggling in calculation: PHP can convert strings and numbers for calculation.

Example:

<?php

$x = "10 apples"; // String with a number

$y = 20;

$z = $x + $y; // PHP takes only 10 from "10 apples"

echo $z; // Output: 30

Type juggling in a string: When adding a number or other type to a string, PHP automatically converts them to a string.

Example:

<?php

$num = 50;

$text = "PHP";

$result = $num . $text; // "." operator is for string concatenation

echo $result; // Output: 50PHP

Type juggling in boolean: PHP converts a value to true or false:

Empty string ("") or 0 -> false

Non-zero number or non-empty string -> true

Example:

<?php

$x = 0;

$y = "Hello";

if ($x) {

echo "x is true";

} else {

echo "x is false"; // Output: x is false

}

if ($y) {

echo "y is true"; // Output: y is true

}

Dangers of Type Juggling in PHP in Hindi | Dangers of Type Juggling:

Unexpected results: Sometimes PHP's type juggling does not give the expected result.

<?php

$a = "123abc";

$b = 123;

if ($a == $b) {

echo "Equal";

} else {

echo "Different";

}

// Output: Equal (because "123abc" was converted to 123)

Security problem: Wrong logic can be applied when comparing strings and numbers.
Controlling type juggling: You can fix the type by doing manual type casting in PHP.

Example:

<?php

$a = "5"; // String

$b = (int)$a; // Manual casting from string to number

echo $b; // Output: 5

Juggling Expression in PHP

Type Juggling in PHP in Hindi | Type Juggling in PHP:

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