PHP data types - What are data types

In this lecture, you will learn about data types in PHP with their examples. We'll focus only on the first five.

PHP data types are under three main categories;
- Scalar types
- Compound types
- Special types

Under the scalar types we have the - Boolean, Float, Integer and String
Under the Compound types we have the - Array and Object
Under the Special types we have the - Resource and Null data type.

In total, PHP has eight (8) data types