Is there a native PHP function which tells me how many decimal places a number has, or will I have to make my own?
IE:
0.8 -> 1
0.2345 -> 4
0.894 -> 3
Is there a native PHP function which tells me how many decimal places a
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Is there a native PHP function which tells me how many decimal places a number has, or will I have to make my own?
IE:
0.8 -> 1
0.2345 -> 4
0.894 -> 3
You’ll have to make your own if you really want that function. It shouldn’t be all that hard, though – just convert to a string,
explode()on the., and then take the length of the second element in the array.Beware of floating point inaccuracy, though.