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floatval

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floatvalConvertit une chaîne en nombre à virgule flottante

Description

floatval(mixed $value): float

floatval() retourne la valeur de type float (nombre à virgule flottante), extraite à partir du paramètre value.

Liste de paramètres

value

Peut être de n'importe quel type scalaire. floatval() ne doit pas être utilisé sur les objets ; si tel est le cas, une alerte de niveau E_WARNING sera émise et la fonction retournera 1.

Valeurs de retour

La valeur flottante de la variable donnée. Un tableau vide retourne 0, alors qu'un tableau non-vide retourne 1.

Les chaînes de caractères retourneront la plupart du temps 0, mais cela dépend du caractère le plus à gauche de la chaîne. Les règles classiques de transtypage d'un nombre à virgule flottante sont appliquées.

Historique

Version Description
8.0.0 Le niveau d'erreur lors de la conversion d'un objet a été modifié de E_NOTICE à E_WARNING.

Exemples

Exemple #1 Exemple avec floatval()

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

Exemple #2 Exemple avec floatval() avec des caractères à gauche non numériques

<?php
$var
= 'The122.34343';
$float_value_of_var = floatval($var);
echo
$float_value_of_var; // 0
?>

Voir aussi

  • boolval() - Récupère la valeur booléenne d'une variable
  • intval() - Retourne la valeur numérique entière équivalente d'une variable
  • strval() - Récupère la valeur d'une variable, au format chaîne
  • settype() - Affecte un type à une variable
  • Transtypage

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User Contributed Notes 23 notes

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brewal dot renault at gmail dot com
10 years ago
This function takes the last comma or dot (if any) to make a clean float, ignoring thousand separator, currency or any other letter :

function tofloat($num) {
$dotPos = strrpos($num, '.');
$commaPos = strrpos($num, ',');
$sep = (($dotPos > $commaPos) && $dotPos) ? $dotPos :
((($commaPos > $dotPos) && $commaPos) ? $commaPos : false);

if (!$sep) {
return floatval(preg_replace("/[^0-9]/", "", $num));
}

return floatval(
preg_replace("/[^0-9]/", "", substr($num, 0, $sep)) . '.' .
preg_replace("/[^0-9]/", "", substr($num, $sep+1, strlen($num)))
);
}

$num = '1.999,369€';
var_dump(tofloat($num)); // float(1999.369)
$otherNum = '126,564,789.33 m²';
var_dump(tofloat($otherNum)); // float(126564789.33)

Demo : http://codepad.org/NW4e9hQH
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Anonymous
18 years ago
you can also use typecasting instead of functions:

(float) $value;
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Alexey M
7 years ago
There is much easier way to deal with formatted numbers:

<?php
$str
= '13,232.95';
$var = (double)filter_var($str, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT, FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_FRACTION);
var_dump($var);
?>
double(13232.95)
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PapaPinguoin
12 years ago
To view the very large and very small numbers (eg from a database DECIMAL), without displaying scientific notation, or leading zeros.

FR : Pour afficher les très grand et très petits nombres (ex. depuis une base de données DECIMAL), sans afficher la notation scientifique, ni les zéros non significatifs.

<?php
function floattostr( $val )
{
preg_match( "#^([\+\-]|)([0-9]*)(\.([0-9]*?)|)(0*)$#", trim($val), $o );
return
$o[1].sprintf('%d',$o[2]).($o[3]!='.'?$o[3]:'');
}
?>

<?php
echo floattostr("0000000000000001");
echo
floattostr("1.00000000000000");
echo
floattostr("0.00000000001000");
echo
floattostr("0000.00010000000");
echo
floattostr("000000010000000000.00000000000010000000000");
echo
floattostr("-0000000000000.1");
echo
floattostr("-00000001.100000");

// result
// 1
// 1
// 0.00000000001
// 0.0001
// 10000000000.0000000000001
// -0.1
// -1.1

?>
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anonymous at start dot be
19 years ago
Easier-to-grasp-function for the ',' problem.

<?php
function Getfloat($str) {
if(
strstr($str, ",")) {
$str = str_replace(".", "", $str); // replace dots (thousand seps) with blancs
$str = str_replace(",", ".", $str); // replace ',' with '.'
}

if(
preg_match("#([0-9\.]+)#", $str, $match)) { // search for number that may contain '.'
return floatval($match[0]);
} else {
return
floatval($str); // take some last chances with floatval
}
}

echo
Getfloat("$ 19.332,35-"); // will print: 19332.35
?>
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chris at georgakopoulos dot com
14 years ago
locale aware floatval:

<?php
function ParseFloat($floatString){
$LocaleInfo = localeconv();
$floatString = str_replace($LocaleInfo["mon_thousands_sep"] , "", $floatString);
$floatString = str_replace($LocaleInfo["mon_decimal_point"] , ".", $floatString);
return
floatval($floatString);
}
?>
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secretr at NOSPAM dot e107 dot org
13 years ago
setlocale() and floatval() duo could break your DB queries in a very simple way:

<?php
setlocale
(LC_ALL, 'bg_BG', 'bgr_BGR');
echo
floatval(0.15); // output 0,15
?>

You would need simple workaround like:

<?php
function number2db($value)
{
$larr = localeconv();
$search = array(
$larr['decimal_point'],
$larr['mon_decimal_point'],
$larr['thousands_sep'],
$larr['mon_thousands_sep'],
$larr['currency_symbol'],
$larr['int_curr_symbol']
);
$replace = array('.', '.', '', '', '', '');

return
str_replace($search, $replace, $value);
}

setlocale(LC_ALL, 'bg_BG', 'bgr_BGR');
$testVal = floatval(0.15); // result 0,15
var_dump($testVal, number2db($testVal));

// Result:
// float(0,15)
// string(4) "0.15"
?>
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aa at geb-team dot de
17 years ago
@pillepop2003 at yahoo dot de

<?php
float
('-100.00', array('single_dot_as_decimal' => true)); // whoops, returns -10000
?>

use: "/^[0-9-]*[\.]{1}[0-9-]+$/"
instead of: "/^[0-9]*[\.]{1}[0-9-]+$/"
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steve at opilo dot net
15 years ago
Most of the functions listed here that deal with $ and , are unnecessarily complicated. You can use ereg_replace() to strip out ALL of the characters that will cause floatval to fail in one simple line of code:

<?php $output = floatval(ereg_replace("[^-0-9\.]","",$input)); ?>
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T-Soloveychik at ya.ru
7 years ago
Float value less than 0.0001 (0.0000999999999999995) will be converted by floatval to scientific notation (exponential notation):
<?php

var_dump
(floatval(0.0000999999999999995)); # >> float(0,0001)

var_dump(floatval("0.000099")); # >> float(9.9E-5)

var_dump((string)floatval(0.000099)); # >> string(6) "9.9E-5"
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pillepop2003 at yahoo dot de
19 years ago
Use this snippet to extract any float out of a string. You can choose how a single dot is treated with the (bool) 'single_dot_as_decimal' directive.
This function should be able to cover almost all floats that appear in an european environment.

<?php

function float($str, $set=FALSE)
{
if(
preg_match("/([0-9\.,-]+)/", $str, $match))
{
// Found number in $str, so set $str that number
$str = $match[0];

if(
strstr($str, ','))
{
// A comma exists, that makes it easy, cos we assume it separates the decimal part.
$str = str_replace('.', '', $str); // Erase thousand seps
$str = str_replace(',', '.', $str); // Convert , to . for floatval command

return floatval($str);
}
else
{
// No comma exists, so we have to decide, how a single dot shall be treated
if(preg_match("/^[0-9]*[\.]{1}[0-9-]+$/", $str) == TRUE && $set['single_dot_as_decimal'] == TRUE)
{
// Treat single dot as decimal separator
return floatval($str);

}
else
{
// Else, treat all dots as thousand seps
$str = str_replace('.', '', $str); // Erase thousand seps
return floatval($str);
}
}
}

else
{
// No number found, return zero
return 0;
}
}

// Examples

echo float('foo 123,00 bar'); // returns 123.00
echo float('foo 123.00 bar' array('single_dot_as_decimal'=> TRUE)); //returns 123.000
echo float('foo 123.00 bar' array('single_dot_as_decimal'=> FALSE)); //returns 123000
echo float('foo 222.123.00 bar' array('single_dot_as_decimal'=> TRUE)); //returns 222123000
echo float('foo 222.123.00 bar' array('single_dot_as_decimal'=> FALSE)); //returns 222123000

// The decimal part can also consist of '-'
echo float('foo 123,-- bar'); // returns 123.00

?>

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Michiel
15 years ago
The last getFloat() function is not completely correct.

1.000.000 and 1,000,000 and its negative variants are not correctly parsed. For the sake of comparing and to make myself clear I use the name parseFloat in stead of getFloat for the new function:

<?php
function parseFloat($ptString) {
if (
strlen($ptString) == 0) {
return
false;
}

$pString = str_replace(" ", "", $ptString);

if (
substr_count($pString, ",") > 1)
$pString = str_replace(",", "", $pString);

if (
substr_count($pString, ".") > 1)
$pString = str_replace(".", "", $pString);

$pregResult = array();

$commaset = strpos($pString,',');
if (
$commaset === false) {$commaset = -1;}

$pointset = strpos($pString,'.');
if (
$pointset === false) {$pointset = -1;}

$pregResultA = array();
$pregResultB = array();

if (
$pointset < $commaset) {
preg_match('#(([-]?[0-9]+(\.[0-9])?)+(,[0-9]+)?)#', $pString, $pregResultA);
}
preg_match('#(([-]?[0-9]+(,[0-9])?)+(\.[0-9]+)?)#', $pString, $pregResultB);
if ((isset(
$pregResultA[0]) && (!isset($pregResultB[0])
||
strstr($preResultA[0],$pregResultB[0]) == 0
|| !$pointset))) {
$numberString = $pregResultA[0];
$numberString = str_replace('.','',$numberString);
$numberString = str_replace(',','.',$numberString);
}
elseif (isset(
$pregResultB[0]) && (!isset($pregResultA[0])
||
strstr($pregResultB[0],$preResultA[0]) == 0
|| !$commaset)) {
$numberString = $pregResultB[0];
$numberString = str_replace(',','',$numberString);
}
else {
return
false;
}
$result = (float)$numberString;
return
$result;
}
?>

Comparing of float parsing functions with the following function:

<?php
function testFloatParsing() {
$floatvals = array(
"22 000,76",
"22.000,76",
"22,000.76",
"22 000",
"22,000",
"22.000",
"22000.76",
"22000,76",
"1.022.000,76",
"1,022,000.76",
"1,000,000",
"1.000.000",
"1022000.76",
"1022000,76",
"1022000",
"0.76",
"0,76",
"0.00",
"0,00",
"1.00",
"1,00",
"-22 000,76",
"-22.000,76",
"-22,000.76",
"-22 000",
"-22,000",
"-22.000",
"-22000.76",
"-22000,76",
"-1.022.000,76",
"-1,022,000.76",
"-1,000,000",
"-1.000.000",
"-1022000.76",
"-1022000,76",
"-1022000",
"-0.76",
"-0,76",
"-0.00",
"-0,00",
"-1.00",
"-1,00"
);

echo
"<table>
<tr>
<th>String</th>
<th>floatval()</th>
<th>getFloat()</th>
<th>parseFloat()</th>
</tr>"
;

foreach (
$floatvals as $fval) {
echo
"<tr>";
echo
"<td>" . (string) $fval . "</td>";

echo
"<td>" . (float) floatval($fval) . "</td>";
echo
"<td>" . (float) getFloat($fval) . "</td>";
echo
"<td>" . (float) parseFloat($fval) . "</td>";
echo
"</tr>";
}
echo
"</table>";
}
?>
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pierpaolocira
7 years ago
Be aware the last tofloat($num).

In theory it is very useful to have a function "separator-agnostic" (I think "locale based" solutions are useless if you have to parse a user file that can have a locale different to the server).

But this can lead to misinterpretations; in short: "123,456" is "123.456" (so comma used as decimal separator) or "123456" (comma used as thousand separator).

In any case, if you really want to use it, please don't forget that this function doesn't manage negative numbers.
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movila dot e dot v at gmail dot com
7 years ago
<?php
$price
= '1.299,00 EUR';
//$price = 'EUR 1.299,00';
//$price = '$1,745.09';
//$price = '$14';
//$price = '$.14';


function floatValue($str){
if(
preg_match("/([0-9\.,-]+)/", $str, $match)){
$value = $match[0];
if(
preg_match("/(\.\d{1,2})$/", $value, $dot_delim) ){
$value = (float)str_replace(',', '', $value);
}
else if(
preg_match("/(,\d{1,2})$/", $value, $comma_delim) ){
$value = str_replace('.', '', $value);
$value = (float)str_replace(',', '.', $value);
}
else
$value = (int)$value;
}
else {
$value = 0;
}
return
$value;
}

echo
floatValue($price);
/*
1.299,00
1.299,00
1,745.09
14
0.14
*/
?>
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jason at shadonet dot com
21 years ago
Instead of using floatval which only appeared in PHP 4.2 you could juse use $variable = (float)$variable

This function doesn't seem to add any functionality that wasn't already there.
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zfcb13 at gmail dot com
8 years ago
More elegant function with selection of decimal point (deafault ,):
<?php
function floatvaldec($v, $dec=',') { return floatval(ereg_replace("," , "." , ereg_replace("[^-0-9$dec]","",$v))); }

// examples:
echo '<br>'.floatvaldec('somthing123.456.789,12Euro') ;
echo
'<br>'.floatvaldec('x123,456 789.12 Euro', '.') ;
echo
'<br>'.floatvaldec('123.456 789,12$') ;
?>
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Zipi
20 years ago
This function converts a string to a float no matter is the decimal separator dot (.) or comma (,). It also converts integers correctly. It takes the digits from the beginning of the string and ignores all other characters.

<?php
function floatval($strValue) {
$floatValue = ereg_replace("(^[0-9]*)(\\.|,)([0-9]*)(.*)", "\\1.\\3", $strValue);
if (!
is_numeric($floatValue)) $floatValue = ereg_replace("(^[0-9]*)(.*)", "\\1", $strValue);
if (!
is_numeric($floatValue)) $floatValue = 0;
return
$floatValue;
}
?>

-Zipi (Finland)
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iliyazelenkog at gmail dot com
5 years ago
(float) would be more performant here (up to 6x times faster).

intval, floatval, doubleval, strva for PHP4 functions (intval, floatval, doubleval, strval), in PHP5 use type casting construction (i.e. '(type) parameter').
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leprau at leprau dot de
16 years ago
For those of you, who are looking for a function that rips the first,
but longest possible float (or at least integer) from a string,
like 123.45 from the string "Price: 123,45$"

If no useable value is found, the function returns false.

Checks for both comma and dot as decimal-separator,
but does not check for 3 digits between thousands,
so 1,234.5 is as valid as 1,23,4.5 (both will return 1234.5)

12,.3 will return 12
1,000,000 will return 1000.0 !

(if thousands separator is defined,
decimals should be defined too ...
in fact I was too lazy to check for that too)

Here you go, and feel free to optimize the function ;)
<?php
function getFloat($pString) {
if (
strlen($pString) == 0) {
return
false;
}
$pregResult = array();

$commaset = strpos($pString,',');
if (
$commaset === false) {$commaset = -1;}

$pointset = strpos($pString,'.');
if (
$pointset === false) {$pointset = -1;}

$pregResultA = array();
$pregResultB = array();

if (
$pointset < $commaset) {
preg_match('#(([-]?[0-9]+(\.[0-9])?)+(,[0-9]+)?)#', $pString, $pregResultA);
}
preg_match('#(([-]?[0-9]+(,[0-9])?)+(\.[0-9]+)?)#', $pString, $pregResultB);
if ((isset(
$pregResultA[0]) && (!isset($pregResultB[0])
||
strstr($preResultA[0],$pregResultB[0]) == 0
|| !$pointset))) {
$numberString = $pregResultA[0];
$numberString = str_replace('.','',$numberString);
$numberString = str_replace(',','.',$numberString);
}
elseif (isset(
$pregResultB[0]) && (!isset($pregResultA[0])
||
strstr($pregResultB[0],$preResultA[0]) == 0
|| !$commaset)) {
$numberString = $pregResultB[0];
$numberString = str_replace(',','',$numberString);
}
else {
return
false;
}
$result = (float)$numberString;
return
$result;
}
?>
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radler63 at hotmail dot com
6 years ago
I get the following disturbing results:
var_dump string(10) "0.01333"
echo the string=0.01333
echo (float)string=0
echo floatval(string)=0

The string is an outcome of array_map('str_getcsv', file(...
I can't find the characters 8-10

thanks
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info at marc-gutt dot de
15 years ago
<?php
function floatvalue($value) {
return
floatval(preg_replace('#^([-]*[0-9\.,\' ]+?)((\.|,){1}([0-9-]{1,2}))*$#e', "str_replace(array('.', ',', \"'\", ' '), '', '\\1') . '.\\4'", $value));
}
?>

It is much shorter and able to handle those one, too:
xx,-
xx,--
xx'xxx,xx

After using floatvalue() you can go forward with number_format() as usual.
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ted devito
15 years ago
i noticed all (well, unless i missed something) the functions working with decimals destroy trailing decimal places. this function restores them in case you want to be able to display a consistent precision for users.

<?php
function decimal($val, $precision = 0) {
if ((float)
$val) :
$val = round((float) $val, (int) $precision);
list(
$a, $b) = explode('.', $val);
if (
strlen($b) < $precision) $b = str_pad($b, $precision, '0', STR_PAD_RIGHT);
return
$precision ? "$a.$b" : $a;
else :
// do whatever you want with values that do not have a float
return $val;
endif;
}
?>
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vickers at hotpop dot com
20 years ago
floatval() does not work with "$35,234.43", as it could not handle the '$' and the ','. The following takes care of all values, such that only numeric and the decimal sign are input into floatval(). (It probably shows I'm an old 'c' guy)...this function only lightly tested.

<?php
function strtflt($str) {
$il = strlen($str);
$flt = "";
$cstr = "";

for(
$i=0;$i<$il;$i++) {
$cstr = substr($str, $i, 1);
if(
is_numeric($cstr) || $cstr == ".")
$flt = $flt.$cstr;
}
return
floatval($flt);
}
?>

Richard Vickers
vickers@hotpop.com
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