PHP - Get bool to echo false when false

Question

The following code doesn\'t print out anything:

$bool_val = (bool)false;
echo $bool_val;

But the following code prints 1:

Answer 1

This is the easiest way to do this:

$text = var_export($bool_value,true);
echo $text;

or

var_export($bool_value)

If the second argument is not true, it will output the result directly.