is_infinite
I have decided to do some testing because I am getting unusual results with the is_nan function and here are the results of my tests:
<?php
var_dump(NAN); // float NAN
var_dump(NAN == NAN); // boolean true
var_dump(NAN === NAN); // boolean true
var_dump(is_nan(NAN)); // boolean true
var_dump(NAN == 12); // boolean true
var_dump(NAN === 12); // boolean false
var_dump(is_nan(12)); // boolean false
var_dump(NAN == 12.4); // boolean true
var_dump(NAN === 12.4); // boolean true
var_dump(is_nan(12.4)); // boolean false
var_dump(NAN == NULL); // boolean true
var_dump(NAN === NULL); // boolean false
var_dump(is_nan(NULL)); // boolean false
var_dump(NAN == 'K<WNPO'); // boolean true
var_dump(NAN === 'K<WNPO'); // boolean false
var_dump(is_nan('K<WNPO')); // null and throws a warning "Warning: is_nan() expects parameter 1 to be double, string given in NANTest.php on line 13"
is_nan
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
is_nan — Finds whether a value is not a number
Description
bool is_nan
( float
$val
)
Checks whether val is 'not a number',
like the result of acos(1.01).
Parameters
-
val -
The value to check
Return Values
Returns TRUE if val is 'not a number',
else FALSE.
Examples
Example #1 is_nan() example
<?php
// Invalid calculation, will return a
// NaN value
$nan = acos(8);
var_dump($nan, is_nan($nan));
?>
The above example will output:
float(NAN) bool(true)
See Also
- is_finite() - Finds whether a value is a legal finite number
- is_infinite() - Finds whether a value is infinite
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User Contributed Notes
is_nan
modern dot apocalypse at gmail dot com
15-Mar-2012 10:14
php at keith tyler dot com
14-Apr-2010 04:46
It seems odd to me, but in boolean context, NAN evalutes to true.
<?php
var_dump(acos(8));
var_dump((bool)acos(8));
?>
Returns:
float(NAN)
bool(true)
Incidentally INF and -INF also evaluate to true.
J.K.
07-Jul-2009 04:44
For seeing whether or not something is a number, use ctype_digit().
darkangel at moveinmod dot net
01-Mar-2006 10:04
nan/"not a number" is not meant to see if the data type is numeric/textual/etc..
NaN is actually a set of values which can be stored in floating-point variables, but dont actually evaluate to a proper floating point number.
The floating point system has three sections: 1 bit for the sign (+/-), an 8 bit exponent, and a 23 bit fractional part.
There are rules governing which combinations of values can be placed into each section, and some values are reserved for numbers such as infinity. This leads to certain combinations being invalid, or in other words, not a number.
Sku
04-Dec-2005 01:29
Hi nez,
better would be:
function isNaN( $var ) {
return !ereg ("^[-]?[0-9]+([\.][0-9]+)?$", $var);
}
ys, Sku
nez [at] NOSPAM gazeta [dot] pl
26-Sep-2005 01:27
Paul, i guess better would be:
function isNaN( $var ) {
return ereg ("^[-]?[0-9]+([\.][0-9]+)?$", $var);
}
Vincent
23-Feb-2005 06:04
Since NaN is not even equal to itself, here is a way to test it:
<?php
function my_is_nan($_) {
return ($_ !== $_);
}
?>