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# NULL

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

> Note: The null type was introduced in PHP 4.

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 keyword `NULL`.

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

See also is_null() and unset().

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