From c3cc11f2a81411acf5e500285836c8f7744546e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malcolm Fell <malcolm@vendhq.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 08:57:25 +1200
Subject: Add description of typecasting

---
 php.html.markdown | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'php.html.markdown')

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;
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