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PHP

Christopher Wehkamp
Christopher Wehkamp
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Posted by Christopher Wehkamp
Christopher Wehkamp
1,926 Points

What are "internal functions" and how does (is_array($arr) work?

Hampton glazes right over this like we have already covered it, but this has never been referenced in the previous PHP videos of the PHP track.

What is an internal function? How is it different from other functions?

What does the function is_array() do? How does it do what it does?

Are there presumably many other internal functions like is_integer() or is_boolean() which perform checks on datatypes in the same way?

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Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

internal functions are functions that are defined by php. you get these for free. The documentation for is_array is here. Yest, there are a bunch of similar functions for the other datatypes.