public function getPHPIdentifierValue($id)
    {
        $idType = $this->fieldMappings[$this->identifier]['type'];
        return Type::getType($idType)->convertToPHPValue($id);
    }
public function getPHPIdentifierValue($id)
    {
        $idType = $this->fieldMappings[$this->identifier]['type'];
        return Type::getType($idType)->convertToPHPValue($id);
    }
public function getPHPIdentifierValue ( $ id ) { $ idType = $ this -> fieldMappings [ $ this -> identifier ] [ 'type' ] ; return Type :: getType ( $ idType ) -> convertToPHPValue ( $ id ) ; }
Casts the identifier to its portable PHP type.

@param mixed $id

@return mixed $id
Casts the identifier to its portable PHP type .