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Evaluates the specified feature variable of a specific variable type and returns its value.

This method is used to evaluate and return a feature variable. Multiple versions of this method are available and are named according to the data type they return:

  • [Boolean](🔗)

  • [Double](🔗)

  • [Integer](🔗)

  • [String](🔗)

  • [JSON](🔗)

This method takes into account the user `attributes` passed in, to determine if the user is part of the audience that qualifies for the experiment.

### Boolean

Returns the value of the specified Boolean variable.



### Double
Returns the value of the specified double variable.


### Integer
Returns the value of the specified integer variable.


### String
Returns the value of the specified string variable.


### JSON
Returns the value of the specified JSON variable.


## Version
SDK v3.0, v3.1
## Description
Each of the Get Feature Variable methods follows the same logic as [Is Feature Enabled](🔗):
  1. Evaluate any feature tests running for a user.
  2. Check the default configuration on a rollout.
The default value is returned if neither of these are applicable for the specified user, or if the user is in a variation where the feature is disabled.
Important
Unlike [Is Feature Enabled](🔗), the Get Feature Variable methods do not trigger an impression event. This means that if you are running a feature test, events will not be counted until you call Is Feature Enabled. If you do not call Is Feature Enabled, you will not see any visitors on your results page.
## Parameters
Required and optional parameters in Python are listed below.
ParameterTypeDescription
**featureFlagKey**
_required_stringThe feature key is defined from the Features dashboard.
**variableKey**
_required_stringThe key that identifies the feature variable. See [Create feature variables](🔗).
**userId**
_required_stringThe user ID string uniquely identifies the participant in the experiment.
**userAttributes**
_required_mapA map of custom key-value string pairs specifying attributes for the user that are used for audience targeting and results segmentation. Non-string values are only supported in the 3.0 SDK and above.
## Returns
@return string variable value / null
## Example


## Side effects
In SDKs v3.1 and later: Invokes the `DECISION` [notification listener](🔗) if this listener is enabled.
## Source files
The language/platform source files containing the implementation for PHP is [Optimizely.php](🔗).