is_float
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
is_float — Finds whether the type of a variable is float
Description
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().
Parameters
value-
The variable being evaluated.
Examples
Example #1 is_float() example
<?php
var_dump(is_float(27.25));
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:
bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(false)
bool(true)
bool(true)
bool(false)
See Also
- is_bool() - Finds out whether a variable is a boolean
- is_int() - Find whether the type of a variable is integer
- is_numeric() - Finds whether a variable is a number or a numeric string
- is_string() - Find whether the type of a variable is string
- is_array() - Finds whether a variable is an array
- is_object() - Finds whether a variable is an object
is_double
Variable handling Functions