filter_id()

filter_id() — Returns the filter ID belonging to a named filter.

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

Signature

filter_id(string $name): int|false

Parameters

ParameterTypeWhat it takes
$namestringName of a filter to get.

Return value

ID of a filter on success or false if filter doesn't exist.

Example

The PHP manual ships no example for filter_id(); the signature and the parameter table above are the contract.

See also

filter_list()

All PHP 8.5 built-in functions

Reference card built from the PHP manual page filter_id() (PHP documentation, CC BY 3.0). The page is generated from the manual, so the wording of the parameter and return value text follows php.net.