php if string is number code example

Example 1: check if string is number or not php

$var_num = "1";
$var_str = "Hello World";

var_dump( is_numeric($var_num), is_numeric($var_str) );

/* 
Output -
 bool(true)
 bool(false)
*/

Example 2: php check if string is integer

<?php
$strings = array('1820.20', '10002', 'wsl!12');
foreach ($strings as $testcase) {
    if (ctype_digit($testcase)) {
        echo "The string $testcase consists of all digits.\n";
    } else {
        echo "The string $testcase does not consist of all digits.\n";
    }
}
?>