# Field Mapping
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-mapping/21470
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 5, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-mapping/21470 "2015-01-05T01:16:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@bkamiche](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bkamiche)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-mapping/21470/1 "2015-01-05T01:16:24Z")
I've mapped several fields as "byte" and "float", but when I retrieve the
search result (using the PHP library), those fields are returned as strings
in the JSON, is that correct?
Bruno
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Giagnocavo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Giagnocavo)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2015, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-mapping/21470/2 "2015-01-06T09:48:55Z")
> I've mapped several fields as "byte" and "float", but when I retrieve the search result (using the
> PHP library), those fields are returned as strings in the JSON, is that correct?
If you have the \_source field enabled, you should just get back the original JSON you put in, regardless of mapping.
-Michael
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-mapping/21470/3 "2017-07-06T00:40:34Z")