How to I use instanceof for native data types

[HGeneAnthony]

I know how to check to see if a variable is an instanceof a class that I define, however I don't know how to check if it's a string, int, double, etc.  Let's say this was my code how could I modify it to check if the data is a string:

 

$name = "gene";

if ($name instanceof string):

  echo "This is a string";

else:

  echo "This isn't a string";

endif;

[corbin]

http://php.net/is_string

http://php.net/is_int

http://php.net/is_float

http://php.net/is_double

 

But those check the actual data type, not the value, so you might want to look into:

http://us.php.net/manual/en/ref.ctype.php

[HGeneAnthony]

Thank you I wish I knew about these before they're perfect for the job.  Appreciate it!