Add description of typecasting

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/php.html.markdown b/php.html.markdown
index 57470390..d08b9220 100644
--- a/php.html.markdown
+++ b/php.html.markdown
@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@ echo $string + $string; // Also outputs 2 because the + operator converts the st
 
 $string = 'one';
 echo $string + $string; // Outputs 0 because the + operator cannot cast the string 'one' to a number
+```
+
+Type casting can be used to treat a variable as another type temporarily by using cast operators in parentheses.
 
+```php
 $boolean = (boolean) $integer; // $boolean is true
 
 $zero = 0;