Cast string to either int or float

php string casting numeric

No, no function provides the automatic cast. However you can cast with this simple hack (the cast is automatically made by PHP in internal):

$int = "123"+0;$float = "1.23"+0;

for generic number:

$yourNumberCasted = $yourStringNumber + 0;

With a function:

function castToNumber($genericStringNumber) {     return $genericStringNumber+0; }$yourNumberCasted = castToNumber($yourStringNumber);

php string casting numeric

There is no built in function to do that but you can create your own quickly.

function castNumber($n){   if(!is_numeric($n)) return 0;   return (is_float($n)) ? (float) $n : (int) $n;}

and use it:

$casted = castNumber($num_to_cast);

php string casting numeric

You can fulfil your requirement using following line.

 $i = "1.23";        echo $c = (double)$i; // will return 1.23 $i = "123";        echo $c = (double)$i; // will return 123

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