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is_numeric(3) [php man page]

IS_NUMERIC(3)								 1							     IS_NUMERIC(3)

is_numeric - Finds whether a variable is a number or a numeric string

SYNOPSIS
bool is_numeric (mixed $var) DESCRIPTION
Finds whether the given variable is numeric. Numeric strings consist of optional sign, any number of digits, optional decimal part and optional exponential part. Thus +0123.45e6 is a valid numeric value. Hexadecimal (e.g. 0xf4c3b00c), Binary (e.g. 0b10100111001), Octal (e.g. 0777) notation is allowed too but only without sign, decimal and exponential part. PARAMETERS
o $var - The variable being evaluated. RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if $var is a number or a numeric string, FALSE otherwise. EXAMPLES
Example #1 is_numeric(3) examples <?php $tests = array( "42", 1337, 0x539, 02471, 0b10100111001, 1337e0, "not numeric", array(), 9.1 ); foreach ($tests as $element) { if (is_numeric($element)) { echo "'{$element}' is numeric", PHP_EOL; } else { echo "'{$element}' is NOT numeric", PHP_EOL; } } ?> The above example will output: SEE ALSO
ctype_digit(3), is_bool(3), is_null(3), is_float(3), is_int(3), is_string(3), is_object(3), is_array(3). PHP Documentation Group IS_NUMERIC(3)

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IS_INT(3)								 1								 IS_INT(3)

is_int - Find whether the type of a variable is integer

SYNOPSIS
bool is_int (mixed $var) DESCRIPTION
Finds whether the type of the given variable is integer. 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 an integer, FALSE otherwise. EXAMPLES
Example #1 is_int(3) example <?php $values = array(23, "23", 23.5, "23.5", null, true, false); foreach ($values as $value) { echo "is_int("; var_export($value); echo ") = "; var_dump(is_int($value)); } ?> The above example will output: is_int(23) = bool(true) is_int('23') = bool(false) is_int(23.5) = bool(false) is_int('23.5') = bool(false) is_int(NULL) = bool(false) is_int(true) = bool(false) is_int(false) = bool(false) SEE ALSO
is_bool(3), is_float(3), is_numeric(3), is_string(3), is_array(3), is_object(3). PHP Documentation Group IS_INT(3)
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