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

For mysqlnd only:

 mysqli_options($conn, MYSQLI_OPT_INT_AND_FLOAT_NATIVE, true);

Otherwise:

  $row = $result->fetch_assoc();

  while ($field = $result->fetch_field()) {
    switch (true) {
      case (preg_match('#^(float|double|decimal)#', $field->type)):
        $row[$field->name] = (float)$row[$field->name];
        break;
      case (preg_match('#^(bit|(tiny|small|medium|big)?int)#', $field->type)):
        $row[$field->name] = (int)$row[$field->name];
        break;
    }
  }