On Mon, Jul 7, 2025, at 11:54, Claude Pache wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> There is already a built-in function for that very purpose, namely 
> `settype()`, see:
> 
> https://www.php.net/settype
> 
> 
> —Claude

Thanks, Claude. Over twenty years of PHP development and I didn't know that 
function exists (or I forgot about it). TIL! Still, this function seems 
clunkier than a straight cast would be. 

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