<?php
$not_an_int = "sa';';';'sd12340asd";
$actual_int = "12341234";
var_dump(is_int((int)$not_an_int));
echo "<br />";
var_dump(is_int((int)$actual_int));
echo "<br />";
echo "<br />";
var_dump(is_int($not_an_int));
echo "<br />";
var_dump(is_int($actual_int));
?>Returns:
true
true
false
false
Without casting, real integer is seen as false.
With casting, a non-integer is seen as true.
What would be a real method to detect both "2139481" and 29481932 as integers?
Hi,
you could use filter_var() with FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT:
filter_var($not_an_int, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT);
filter_var($actual_int, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT);Will return string, that can be casted, se an example here:
That's the thing. I don't need it to return string or integer. I need it to return true if element is entirely integer (or integer within quotes "12943"), or false when it's not so. It's not about getting integers out of string, but checking if said variable is an integer.
Line 4 is a string to me. If you cast it, it is what you cast it to. Which is proper.
So code as presented works as expected.
Indeed. That's why I'm seeking for alternative solution. How to detect "10994234" and 3242144122 as integers. Casting doesn't work as mentioned above (false positives).
PHP has a function for checking that.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.ctype-digit.php
Checks if all of the characters in the provided string, text, are numerical.
Also:
filter_var($not_an_int, FILTER_VALIDATE_INT);Returns FALSE when it's not an integer: http://ideone.com/O3wyIS
You can also see this UDF: http://php.net/manual/en/function.is-int.php#82857
Where s/he combines ctype_digit() and strval()
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