From c840ace7b2917cb53f562aebf87ad2cc60e6d191 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lee Earley <lee.earley@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 17:14:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] data_types.php initial commit.

---
 src/data_types.php | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/data_types.php

diff --git a/src/data_types.php b/src/data_types.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7deac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data_types.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+function convert_to_int($input) {
+  if ( settype($input, 'int') ) {
+    return $input;
+  } else {
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
+ 
+function convert_to_float($input) {
+  if ( settype($input, 'float') ) {
+    return $input;
+  } else {
+    return 0.0;
+  }  
+}
+
+function convert_to_string($input) {
+  // check for array
+  if ( gettype($input) === 'array') {
+    return implode(', ', $input);
+    
+  } elseif ( settype($input, 'string') ) {
+    return $input;
+    
+  } else {
+    return '';
+  }  
+}
+
+function convert_to_bool($input) {
+  if ( settype($input, 'bool') ) {
+    return $input;
+  } else {
+    return false;
+  }  
+}
+function convert_to_array($input) {
+  if ( settype($input, 'array') ) {
+    return $input;
+  } else {
+    return array();
+  }  
+}
+function convert_to_null($input) {
+  if ( !(bool) $input || $input === 'null') {
+    return null;
+  }
+  else {
+    return $input;
+  }
+  
+}
+
+?>
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