On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Sam Barrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, is_numeric checks for strings that contain numeric values, > it's not the same as is_bool, is_int, is_float, etc, which check the > variable's type. Hence my second example = ) > Your point is very valid for is_int and similar functions, just not > is_numeric(). I just did a grep on zend framework for is_int and there > were tons of results. > I think it is valid for anything, numeric type hinting is very appropriate in php.