note 79002 deleted from function.is-float by nikic

Note Submitter: Kenaniah Cerny ---- 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