string with an integer concatenation problem

[jimfog]

I want to concatenate a string with an INT...if I do that...the result is a string...for example:

$int=5;'john'.$int;//this will output 'john5'

I want this though:

$int=5;'john'.$int;//this will output 'john'5

In other words...the integer remains an integer...no casting taking place.Is that possible?

 

[justsomeguy]

When you concatenate something to a string it becomes a string. You cannot concatenate things that are not strings. It converts the number to a string first, then concatenates that value.

[Ingolme]

The result of a concatenation can only be a string. A value cannot be of two different types at the same time.

 

Perhaps an array will do what you want:

array('john', 5);