DB values returning as wrong types

[eluser]Phil Sturgeon[/eluser]
Just any normal Active Record return using get(), do a var_dump on the results and you will see any number from the database returns as a string. I think the database library just assumes everything is a string, and doesn't treat integers, floats, decimals, etc any differently.

I know PHP is not a type-based language, and for most actions this doesn't make any different. But if you are making models that do get_type on the params, and try to act differently according to the type, you will get bumped as any number passed as an argument from the database will show as a string.