PHP function is_numeric()

Availability in PHP 4.0

Finds whether a variable is a number or a numeric string

Parameters

Parameter Data type Default value Note
$var mixed not The variable being evaluated.

Return values

bool

true if var is a number or a numeric string, false otherwise.

Other resources

Official is-numeric documentation

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