doubleval

Description

Returns the double (floating point) value of var.

Var may be any scalar type. You cannot use doubleval() on arrays or objects.

$var = '122.34343The';
$double_value_of_var = doubleval ($var);
print $double_value_of_var; // prints 122.34343
      

See also intval(), strval(), settype() and Type juggling.