floatval

Description

Returns the float value of var.

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

<?php
$var = '122.34343The';
$float_value_of_var = floatval ($var);
print $float_value_of_var; // prints 122.34343
 ?>

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