IsBinary

Determines whether a value is stored as binary data.

Method Signature

IsBinary(value=[any])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
value	any	true	The value to test

Examples

Checks if toBase64() function returns binary data

toBase64() returns base64 encoded data which is not binary

Run Example

isBinary( toBase64( 1 ) );

Result: false

Checks if toBinary() function returns binary data

toBinary() expects base64 encoded data and returns binary data

Run Example

isBinary( toBinary( toBase64( 1 ) ) );

Result: true

Additional Examples

Run Example

writeDump( label="Boolean value", var=isBinary( true ) );
writeDump( label="Numeric value", var=isBinary( 1010 ) );
writeDump( label="String value", var=isBinary( "binary" ) );
writeDump( label="Array value", var=isBinary( arrayNew( 1 ) ) );
writeDump( label="Binary value", var=isBinary( ToBinary( toBase64( "I am a string." ) ) ) );

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• ArrayIsEmpty

• arrayIsEmpty

• Attempt

• IsArray

• IsBoolean

• IsClosure

• IsCustomFunction

• IsDate

• IsDateObject

• IsDebugMode

• IsDefined

• IsEmpty

• IsFileObject

• IsIPv6

• IsJSON

• IsLeapYear

• IsLocalHost

• IsNull

• IsNumeric

• IsNumericDate

• IsObject

• IsQuery

• IsSimpleValue

• IsStruct

• IsValid

• IsXML

• IsXmlAttribute

• IsXMLDoc

• IsXMLElem

• IsXMLNode

• IsXMLRoot

• LSIsNumeric

• structIsEmpty