is_numeric

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

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 notation (0xFF) is allowed too but only without sign, decimal and exponential part.

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, 
        "1e4", 
        "not numeric", 
        Array(), 
        9.1
        );

foreach ($tests as $element) {
    if (is_numeric($element)) {
        echo "'{$element}' is numeric", PHP_EOL;
    } else {
        echo "'{$element}' is NOT numeric", PHP_EOL;
    }
}
?>

The above example will output:

'42' is numeric
'1337' is numeric
'1e4' is numeric
'not numeric' is NOT numeric
'Array' is NOT numeric
'9.1' is numeric

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