is_nan

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
Finds whether a value is not a number
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

Returns:

Returns TRUE if val is 'not a number', else FALSE.

Examples:
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() -

is_infinite() -

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2016-02-24 16:02:29
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