PHP: get number of decimal digits

Question

Is there a straightforward way of determining the number of decimal places in a(n) integer/double value in PHP? (that is, without using explode)

Answer 1

I needed a solution that works with various number formats and came up with the following algorithms:

// Count the number of decimal places
$current = $value - floor($value);
for ($decimals = 0; ceil($current); $decimals++) {
    $current = ($value * pow(10, $decimals + 1)) - floor($value * pow(10, $decimals + 1));
}

// Count the total number of digits (includes decimal places)
$current = floor($value);
for ($digits = $decimals; $current; $digits++) {
    $current = floor($current / 10);
}

Results:

input:    1
decimals: 0
digits:   1

input:    100
decimals: 0
digits:   3

input:    0.04
decimals: 2
digits:   2

input:    10.004
decimals: 3
digits:   5

input:    10.0000001
decimals: 7
digits:   9

input:    1.2000000992884E-10
decimals: 24
digits:   24

input:    1.2000000992884e6
decimals: 7
digits:   14