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>floatval</H1
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> (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0)</P
>floatval -- Get float value of a variable</DIV
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>float <B
CLASS="methodname"
>floatval</B
> ( mixed var)<BR
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> Returns the <A
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><B
CLASS="type"
>float</B
></A
> value of <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>var</I
></TT
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> <TT
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><I
>Var</I
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> may be any scalar type. You cannot use
<B
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>floatval()</B
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>$var = '122.34343The';
$float_value_of_var = floatval ($var);
print $float_value_of_var; // prints 122.34343</PRE
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> See also <A
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><B
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>intval()</B
></A
>,
<A
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><B
CLASS="function"
>strval()</B
></A
>, <A
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><B
CLASS="function"
>settype()</B
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> and
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>Type
juggling</A
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