PHP is_finite() Function

Definition

The is_finite() function checks whether a value is finite or not.

Syntax

PHP is_finite() Function has the following syntax.

is_finite(value);

Parameter

ParameterIs Required Description
valueRequired.Value to check

Return

Item Description
Return Value TRUE if value is a finite number, FALSE otherwise
Return Type Boolean

This function returns true (1) if the specified value is a finite number which is within the allowed range for a PHP float on this platform, otherwise it returns false/nothing.

Example

Check whether a value is finite or not:


<?php//from   w w w  .  j a v a  2  s  .co  m
echo is_finite(2) . "\n";
echo is_finite(log(0)) . "\n";
echo is_finite(2000);
?>

The code above generates the following result.





















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