In php, how to convert string value into an int?

$the_value = '42';

This is a string value.
Now I want to convert it into int and obtain:

$the_value = 42;

>Solution :

To convert string to int in PHP, you can use Type Casting method or PHP built-in function intval().

<?php
$string = "56";
$int = intval( $string );
echo $int;
?>