IS_FLOAT(3) 1 IS_FLOAT(3)is_float - Finds whether the type of a variable is floatSYNOPSIS
bool is_float (mixed $var)
DESCRIPTION
Finds whether the type of the given variable is float.
Note
To test if a variable is a number or a numeric string (such as form input, which is always a string), you must use is_numeric(3).
PARAMETERS
o $var
- The variable being evaluated.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if $var is a float, FALSE otherwise.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
is_float(3) example
<?php
if (is_float(27.25)) {
echo "is float
";
} else {
echo "is not float
";
}
var_dump(is_float('abc'));
var_dump(is_float(23));
var_dump(is_float(23.5));
var_dump(is_float(1e7)); //Scientific Notation
var_dump(is_float(true));
?>
The above example will output:
is float
bool(false)
bool(false)
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(false)
SEE ALSO is_bool(3), is_int(3), is_numeric(3), is_string(3), is_array(3), is_object(3).
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IS_STRING(3) 1 IS_STRING(3)is_string - Find whether the type of a variable is stringSYNOPSIS
bool is_string (mixed $var)
DESCRIPTION
Finds whether the type given variable is string.
PARAMETERS
o $var
- The variable being evaluated.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if $var is of type string, FALSE otherwise.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
is_string(3) example
<?php
$values = array(false, true, null, 'abc', '23', 23, '23.5', 23.5, '', ' ', '0', 0);
foreach ($values as $value) {
echo "is_string(";
var_export($value);
echo ") = ";
echo var_dump(is_string($value));
}
?>
The above example will output:
is_string(false) = bool(false)
is_string(true) = bool(false)
is_string(NULL) = bool(false)
is_string('abc') = bool(true)
is_string('23') = bool(true)
is_string(23) = bool(false)
is_string('23.5') = bool(true)
is_string(23.5) = bool(false)
is_string('') = bool(true)
is_string(' ') = bool(true)
is_string('0') = bool(true)
is_string(0) = bool(false)
SEE ALSO is_float(3), is_int(3), is_bool(3), is_object(3), is_array(3).
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