Reading a string when passed from a url

[cleary1981]

Hi,

 

I have been passing int variables via a url and reading them as follows

 

$myID = (int) $_GET['id'];

 

my problem is I need to read a string. What do I use instead of int?

[JasonLewis]

Using the (string) cast.

[GingerRobot]

There's no point in casting a GET variable as a string. If you don't do anything with it, it'll be treated as a string anyway.