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Asked: 2026-06-12T03:20:06+00:00

Currently I’m using Tinyint(1) to indicate Boolean values in my MySQL databases, which I

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Currently I’m using Tinyint(1) to indicate Boolean values in my MySQL databases, which I really don’t like that. So, how could I store and retrieve Boolean values in my MySQL databases via PHP?

How to use it in WHERE clause and how to assign the value in INSERT, UPDATE queries properly?

When I have it back on PHP, it’s TRUE, true, or simply 1, if I’m gonna check that with ===?

Also did you ever had any problem when you migrating from Tinyint(1) to BOOLEAN?

Thanks in advance. 🙂

Update:

I know that Tinyint(1) is the same as Boolean, however I want to work on Boolean data type instead of Tinyint(1). That’s why I’m asking the question.

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  1. Editorial Team

    MySQL doesn’t have a boolean data type. Tinyint(1) is pretty close enough. Working with this in PHP is simple. 

    If (1) echo 'true'; // is the same as if (true)
// Just as
if (0) echo 'false'; // is the same as if (false)

    And if you really really want a boolean value, you can do

    // $mysql_data is tinyint value from db
$boolean = $mysql_data ? true : false;
// Now you have your boolean as $boolean
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