doubleval vs floatval in php
Both these functions allow you to quickly pick a float, or double, out of a string.
doubleval vs floatval
doubleval: 4.56571412086 seconds
floatval: 4.35375285149 seconds
Time saved: 0.211961269379 seconds; 4.8684727087%
4% or 211 nanoseconds is next to nothing. I would want to use floatval but I wouldn’t exactly be kicking myself if I slipped a doubleval into my code instead.
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