PHP FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOATFilter
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Definition and Usage
The FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT filter removes all illegal characters from a float number.
This filter allows all digits by default as well as + -
- Name: "number_float"
- ID-number: 520
Possible flags:
- FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_FRACTION - Allows the decimal separator (e.g., .)
- FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_THOUSAND - Allows the thousands separator (e.g., ,)
- FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_SCIENTIFIC - Allows scientific notation (e.g., e and E)
Examples
<?php
$number="5-2f+3.3pp";
var_dump(filter_var($number, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT,
FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_FRACTION));
?>
$number="5-2f+3.3pp";
var_dump(filter_var($number, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT,
FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_FRACTION));
?>
The output of the code is shown below:
string(7) "5-2+3.3"
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