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General
Execute and test PHP functions that have no place in one of the other categories.
filter_var
Filters a variable with a specified filter
floatval
Get float value of a variable
intval
Returns the integer value of $var, using the specified $base for the conversion (the default is base 10).
json_decode
Json_decode() takes a JSON encoded string and converts it into a PHP variable.
json_encode
Returns a string containing the JSON representation of $value.
serialize
Generates a storable representation of a value. This is useful for storing or passing PHP values around without losing their type and structure.
strval
Returns the string value of $var. $var may be any scalar type. You cannot use strval() on arrays or objects.
unserialize
unserialize() takes a single serialized variable and converts it back into a PHP value.