# variant_cast

(PHP 5)

variant_cast — Convert a variant into a new variant object of another type

### Description

variant variant_cast ( variant `$variant` , int `$type` )

This function makes a copy of `variant` and then performs a variant cast operation to force the copy to have the type given by `type` . `type` should be one of the `VT_XXX` constants.

This function wraps VariantChangeType() in the COM library; consult MSDN for more information.

See also variant_set_type().