floatval

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Get float value of a variable.

PHP 5

PHP 7

Improved

PHP 8.1

PHP 8.2-8.3

PHP 8.4

PHP 8.5

PHP 8.6

floatval(mixed $value): float

Typemixed

May be any scalar type. floatval should not be used on objects, as doing so will emit an E_WARNING level error and return 1.

Typefloat

The float value of the given variable. Empty arrays return 0, non-empty arrays return 1.

Strings will most likely return 0 although this depends on the leftmost characters of the string. The common rules of float casting apply.

Changes to the `floatval` Function

- floatval($var)
+ floatval(mixed $value): float