Why is the $todaydatestring data type displayed as boolean?

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Why is the $todaydatestring data type displayed as boolean?

$todaydate=11092008;
echo "The data type of todaydate is
".gettype($todaydate)."
";
$mydatestring=settype($todaydate,"String");
echo "The data type of mydatestring is ".gettype($mydatestring);




?>

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