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## NULL

The special `NULL` value represents a variable with no value. `NULL` is the only possible value of type null.

A variable is considered to be null if:

- it has been assigned the constant `NULL`.

- it has not been set to any value yet.

- it has been unset().

### Syntax

There is only one value of type null, and that is the case-insensitive constant `NULL`.

`<?php
$var = NULL;
?>`

See also the functions is_null() and unset().

### Casting to `NULL`

Casting a variable to null using (unset) $var will not remove the variable or unset its value. It will only return a `NULL` value.

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