floatval

WMPRO, WMMINI FW >= 1.0 WMMEGA FW >= 2.0

Return the float value of a number or string

Return the floating point equivalent

$value: A string with a leading number, or a number (int or float)

• Float (if an equivalent exists)
• Int 0 on failure (for example, a string without a numeric in the leftmost characters)
• Int 0 on empty array
• Int 1 on non-empty array

<?
  $x=1;
  $f=floatval($x);
  print("The float value of ".$x." is ".$f);
?>

The above example will output:

The float value of 1 is 1.000000

intval() - Return the integer value of a number or string

strval() - Return the string equivalent of a number

is_numeric() - Check if a value is numeric (int, float or numeric string)

inttoieee754() - Convert an IEEE-754 encoded integer representation (32 bit) to a float

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