November 28th, 2011 | PHP, Web Development

How to cast string number into a float/int variable with PHP

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Casting is a simple operation that can save many headaches. The code below show you how to cast a string into an float or integer with PHP.

// int example
$string_number="72";
$float_number=(int)$string_number;
// float example

$string_number = "324.75";

$float_number = (float) $string_number;

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Kadimi says on 02.07.12 at 5:48 pm comment #1

Here is another one:
Kadimi says on 02.07.12 at 5:49 pm comment #2

Here is another one:

$x_string = “1.2e4″;
$x_float = $x_string * 1;
var_dump($x_float);
// Outputs float(12000)

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