is_numeric
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
is_numeric — Finds whether a variable is a number or a numeric string
Description
bool is_numeric ( mixed $var )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.
Parameters
var
The variable being evaluated.
Return Values
Returns TRUE if var is a number or a numeric string, FALSE otherwise.
Examples
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 numericChangelog
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. |
See Also
- ctype_digit() - Check for numeric character(s)
- is_bool() - Finds out whether a variable is a boolean
- is_null() - Finds whether a variable is NULL
- is_float() - Finds whether the type of a variable is float
- is_int() - Find whether the type of a variable is integer
- is_string() - Find whether the type of a variable is string
- is_object() - Finds whether a variable is an object
- is_array() - Finds whether a variable is an array
← is_null
is_object →
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