How to determine whether a character is a number in php

PHP is_numeric() function

##is_numeric() function is used to detect whether a variable Is a number or a string of numbers.

Grammar (Recommended learning: PHP video tutorial)

bool is_numeric ( mixed $var )

Parameter description:

$var: Variable to be detected.

Return value

Returns TRUE if the specified variable is a number or numeric string, otherwise 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);

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