return int of a find query cakephp

Question

I am trying to get an integer value of the amount field in my views tables. I am able to find the value but not return it as an int

$amount = $views
            ->find()
            ->select('amount')
            ->where(['date'=>$todaysdate])
            ->first();

        echo $amount;

this echos out { "amount": 2 }. How would i just get an int variable with the 2?

That's really just CakePHP 101, I don't think that it's of much use for future readers. **http://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/orm/entities.html#accessing-entity-data** — ndm, Jul 27 '16 at 20:12
Sorry, I tried a lot of stuff but nothing really worked. Thanks for the help! :) — user3704648, Jul 27 '16 at 20:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '16 at 11:18

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In your case, you should use: echo $amount->amount. You should spend some time reading the documentation.

answered Jul 28 '16 at 11:18

Muntasir

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return int of a find query cakephp

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