(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
is_numeric — Finds whether a variable is a number or a numeric string
Finds whether the given variable is numeric. Numeric strings consist of optional sign, any number of digits, optional decimal part and optional exponential part. Thus +0123.45e6 is a valid numeric value. Hexadecimal (e.g. 0xf4c3b00c) and binary (e.g. 0b10100111001) notation is not allowed.
varThe variable being evaluated.
Returns TRUE if var is a number or a numeric
string, FALSE otherwise.
Example #1 is_numeric() examples
<?php
$tests = array(
"42",
1337,
0x539,
02471,
0b10100111001,
1337e0,
"not numeric",
array(),
9.1,
null
);
foreach ($tests as $element) {
if (is_numeric($element)) {
echo var_export($element, true) . " is numeric", PHP_EOL;
} else {
echo var_export($element, true) . " is NOT numeric", PHP_EOL;
}
}
?>
The above example will output:
'42' is numeric 1337 is numeric 1337 is numeric 1337 is numeric 1337 is numeric 1337 is numeric 'not numeric' is NOT numeric array () is NOT numeric 9.0999999999999996447286321199499070644378662109375 is numeric NULL is NOT numeric
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 7.0.0 |
Strings in hexadecimal (e.g. 0xf4c3b00c) notation are
no longer regarded as numeric strings, i.e.
is_numeric() returns FALSE now.
|