MySQL integer field is returned as string in PHP

Question

I have a table field in a MySQL database:

userid INT(11)

So I am calling it to my page with this query:

\"SELECT userid FR         


        

Answer 1

No. Regardless of the data type defined in your tables, PHP's MySQL driver always serves row values as strings.

You need to cast your ID to an int.

$row = $result->fetch_assoc();
$id = (int) $row['userid'];