- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- filter_var_array: documentation ( source)
<?php
$good_input = array('num' => 42);
$bad_input = array('num' => 'foo');
$spec = array('num' => FILTER_VALIDATE_INT);
$filtered = filter_var_array($good_input, $spec);
var_dump($filtered == $good_input);
$filtered = filter_var_array($bad_input, $spec);
var_dump($filtered == $bad_input);