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

You should always be careful about different locales. European locales use a comma for the thousands separator, so the accepted answer would not work. See below for a revised solution:

 function countDecimalsUsingStrchr($stringValue){
        $locale_info = localeconv();
        return strlen(substr(strrchr($stringValue, $locale_info['decimal_point']), 1));
    }

see localeconv