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# floatval

(PHP 4 CVS only)

floatval -- Get float value of a variable

## Description

``float floatval` (mixed var)`

Returns the float value of `var`.

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

    $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.

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