is_finite

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

is_finiteChecks whether a float is finite

Description

is_finite(float$num): bool

Returns whether the given num is a finite float.

A finite float is neither NAN (is_nan()), nor infinite (is_infinite()).

Parameters

num

The float to check

Return Values

true if num is none of NAN, INF, -INF, else false.

Examples

Example #1 is_finite() example

<?php
$float
= 1.2345;
var_dump($float, is_finite($float));

$nan = sqrt(-1);
var_dump($nan, is_finite($nan));

$inf = 1e308 * 2;
var_dump($inf, is_finite($inf));
?>

The above example will output:

float(1.2345) bool(true) float(NAN) bool(false) float(INF) bool(false)

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