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Nov 28, 2025 · Backend Development

Mastering PHP: Convert Any Variable to a String with strval

This guide explains how PHP's built‑in strval function converts integers, floats, booleans, arrays, and objects to strings, demonstrates each conversion with sample code, and highlights important caveats such as arrays and objects returning "Array" or "Object" and how to use json_encode for deeper serialization.