On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 10:23 -0700, Chris Stockton wrote: > 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.
Numeric type hinting is valid, all I'm saying is that PHP's is_numeric function doesn't perform a strict type check like is_int or is_bool. I agree with you I just think you misunderstood the purpose of the is_numeric function. -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
