diff --git a/reference/var/functions/boolval.xml b/reference/var/functions/boolval.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..245b0d7b1c
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+++ b/reference/var/functions/boolval.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- $Revision$ -->
+
+<refentry xml:id="function.boolval" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>boolval</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Get the boolean value of a variable</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>boolean</type><methodname>boolval</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>var</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   Returns the <type>boolean</type> value of <parameter>var</parameter>.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="parameters">
+  &reftitle.parameters;
+  <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><parameter>var</parameter></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The scalar value being converted to a <type>boolean</type>.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+  </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   The <type>boolean</type> value of <parameter>var</parameter>.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title><function>boolval</function> examples</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+echo '0:        '.(boolval(0) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
+echo '42:       '.(boolval(42) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
+echo '0.0:      '.(boolval(0.0) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
+echo '4.2:      '.(boolval(4.2) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
+echo '"":       '.(boolval("") ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
+echo '"string": '.(boolval("string") ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
+echo '[1, 2]:   '.(boolval([1, 2]) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
+echo '[]:       '.(boolval([]) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
+echo 'stdClass: '.(boolval(new stdClass) ? 'true' : 'false')."\n";
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    &example.outputs;
+    <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+0:        false
+42:       true
+0.0:      false
+4.2:      true
+"":       false
+"string": true
+[1, 2]:   true
+[]:       false
+stdClass: true
+]]>
+    </screen>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function>floatval</function></member>
+    <member><function>intval</function></member>
+    <member><function>strval</function></member>
+    <member><function>settype</function></member>
+    <member><function>is_bool</function></member>
+    <member><link linkend="language.types.type-juggling">Type juggling</link></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
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+vi: ts=1 sw=1
+-->
diff --git a/reference/var/functions/floatval.xml b/reference/var/functions/floatval.xml
index 2992198652..c118835837 100644
--- a/reference/var/functions/floatval.xml
+++ b/reference/var/functions/floatval.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ echo $float_value_of_var; // 122.34343
   &reftitle.seealso;
   <para>
    <simplelist>
+    <member><function>boolval</function></member>
     <member><function>intval</function></member>
     <member><function>strval</function></member>
     <member><function>settype</function></member>
diff --git a/reference/var/functions/intval.xml b/reference/var/functions/intval.xml
index 581e797da0..57da335d31 100644
--- a/reference/var/functions/intval.xml
+++ b/reference/var/functions/intval.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ echo intval(array('foo', 'bar'));     // 1
   &reftitle.seealso;
   <para>
    <simplelist>
+    <member><function>boolval</function></member>
     <member><function>floatval</function></member>
     <member><function>strval</function></member>
     <member><function>settype</function></member>
diff --git a/reference/var/functions/strval.xml b/reference/var/functions/strval.xml
index 8bf0c6d8a8..9ca3ccd19c 100644
--- a/reference/var/functions/strval.xml
+++ b/reference/var/functions/strval.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ echo strval(new StrValTest);
   &reftitle.seealso;
   <para>
    <simplelist>
+    <member><function>boolval</function></member>
     <member><function>floatval</function></member>
     <member><function>intval</function></member>
     <member><function>settype</function></member>
diff --git a/reference/var/versions.xml b/reference/var/versions.xml
index 3b62169a6f..88517d5113 100644
--- a/reference/var/versions.xml
+++ b/reference/var/versions.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 -->
 
 <versions>
+ <function name='boolval' from='PHP 5 &gt;= 5.5.0'/>
  <function name='debug_zval_dump' from='PHP 4 &gt;= 4.2.0, PHP 5'/>
  <function name='doubleval' from='PHP 4, PHP 5'/>
  <function name='empty' from='PHP 4, PHP 5'/>
@@ -64,4 +65,4 @@ End:
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+-->