is_float

Example

Check whether the variable is float type:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$a</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token number">32</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"a is "</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token function">is_float</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$a</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$b</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token number">0</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"b is "</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token function">is_float</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$b</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$c</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token number">32.5</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"c is "</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token function">is_float</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$c</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$d</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"32"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"d is "</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token function">is_float</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$d</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$e</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token constant boolean">true</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"e is "</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token function">is_float</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$e</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$f</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"null"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"f is "</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token function">is_float</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$f</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$g</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token number">1.e3</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"g is "</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token function">is_float</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$g</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

Try it yourself

Note that even if the variable g is represented using scientific notation, it is still considered float type, so is_float($g) returns TRUE .