note 15964 added to function.is-float
| From: | bens at benjamindsmith dot com | Date: | Wed, 10 Oct 2001 15:47:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 15964 added to function.is-float | ||
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This function seems to note the current state of the variable - it doesn't auto-type the input!
For example:
$input='5';
if (is_float($input))
echo 'real';
else echo 'not real';
will return 'not real'. But 5 is a valid "real" number that I can dump into a
database!
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http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.is-float.php
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