(PHP 3, PHP 4 )
Returns TRUE if var is a float, FALSE otherwise.
Note: To test if a variable is a number or a numeric string (such as form input, which is always a string), you must use is_numeric().
See also is_bool(), is_int(), is_integer(), is_numeric(), is_string(), is_array(), and is_object(),
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