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<?php function castToNumber($genericStringNumber) { return $genericStringNumber+0; } //$yourNumberCasted = castToNumber($yourStringNumber); function castNumber($n) { if(!is_numeric($n)) return 0; return (is_float($n)) ? (float) $n : (int) $n; } //$casted = castNumber($num_to_cast); function get_numeric($val) { if (is_numeric($val)) { return $val + 0; } return 0; } var_dump(is_numeric('12.'));

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