Convert string to float in PHP

Description

The following code shows how to convert string to float.

Example

<?php/*  w w  w  .  j  a  v a 2 s.  c  o  m*/
$var = '122.34343The';
$float_value_of_var = floatval($var);
echo $float_value_of_var; // 122.34343
?>

The code above generates the following result.