/** * Helper function: Validate a value as boolean * * @since 2.5.0 * * @static * * @param mixed $value Arbitrary value. * @return bool */ public static function validate_bool($value) { if (!isset(self::$has_filters)) { self::$has_filters = extension_loaded('filter'); } if (self::$has_filters) { return filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN); } else { return self::emulate_filter_bool($value); } }