(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
variant_cast — Convert a variant into a new variant object of another type
This function makes a copy of variant and then performs a variant cast operation to force the copy to have the type given by type.
This function wraps VariantChangeType() in the COM library; consult MSDN for more information.
variantThe variant.
typetype should be one of the VT_* constants.
Returns a variant of given type.