note 79002 added to function.is-float

For those of you who have discovered that is_float() does not behave exactly the way you would expect it to when passing a string, here is a function that extends is_float properly report floating numbers given any sort of mixed variable. <?php function is_true_float($val){ if( is_float($val) || ( (float) $val > (int) $val || strlen($val) != strlen( (int) $val) ) && (int) $val != 0 ) return true; else return false; } ?> <?php //Tests '4.0' returns true '2.1' returns true 0 returns false "0" returns false 3. returns true 13 returns false "12" returns false 3.53 returns true ?> Enjoy ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 96.229.185.158 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.is-float.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/79002 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79002/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79002/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79002/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79002/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79002/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79002/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79002 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/79002 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php