$floatValue = floatval("1.0");
method_1:
intval($string);//for string to integer
floatval($string); //for string to float
method_2:
$int = (int)$string;//string to int
$float = (float)$string;//string to float
phpCopy<?php
$mystring = "0.5674";
echo("This float number is of string data type ");
echo($mystring);
echo("
");
$myfloat = floatval($mystring);
echo("Now, this float number is of float data type ");
echo($myfloat);
?>
phpCopy<?php
$mystring = "0.5674";
echo("This float number is of string data type ");
echo($mystring);
echo("
");
$myfloat = number_format($mystring, 4);
echo("Now, this float number is of float data type ");
echo($myfloat);
?>
phpCopy<?php
$mystring = "0.5674";
echo("This float number is of string data type ");
echo($mystring);
echo("
");
$myfloat = (float) $mystring;
echo("Now, this float number is of float data type ");
echo($myfloat);
?>
// floatval() function to convert
// string to float
echo floatval($num);
parseFloat( num.toFixed(2) )