How to use php is_numeric function

php is_numeric function is used to detect whether a variable is a number or a numeric string. Its syntax is bool is_numeric (mixed $var). The parameter $var refers to the variable to be detected.

#How to use php is_numeric function?

is_numeric() function is used to detect whether a variable is a number or a numeric string.

PHP version requirements: PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7

Syntax

bool is_numeric ( mixed $var )

Parameters:

$var: required Variables to detect.

Return value: TRUE if the specified variable is a number and a number string, otherwise it returns FALSE.

Example

<?php
$var_name1=678;
$var_name2="a678";
$var_name3="678";
$var_name4="runoob.com";
$var_name5=698.99;
$var_name6=array("a1","a2");
$var_name7=+125689.66;
if (is_numeric($var_name1))
{
    echo "$var_name1 是数字" . PHP_EOL;
}
else
{
    echo "$var_name1 不是数字" . PHP_EOL ;
}
if (is_numeric($var_name2))
{
    echo "$var_name2 是数字" . PHP_EOL ;
}
else
{
    echo "$var_name2 不是数字" . PHP_EOL ;
}
 
$result=is_numeric($var_name3);
echo "[ $var_name3 是数字吗? ]" .var_dump($result) . PHP_EOL;
$result=is_numeric($var_name4);
echo "[ $var_name4 是数字吗? ]" .var_dump($result) . PHP_EOL;
$result=is_numeric($var_name5);
echo "[ $var_name5 是数字吗? ]" .var_dump($result) . PHP_EOL;
$result=is_numeric($var_name6);
echo "[ $var_name6 是数字吗? ]" .var_dump($result) . PHP_EOL;
$result=is_numeric($var_name7);
echo "[ $var_name7 是数字吗? ]" .var_dump($result);
?>

The output result is:

678 是数字
a678 不是数字
bool(true)
[ 678 是数字吗? ]
bool(false)
[ runoob.com 是数字吗? ]
bool(true)
[ 698.99 是数字吗? ]
bool(false)
[ Array 是数字吗? ]
bool(true)
[ 125689.66 是数字吗? ]

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