PHP check if variable is a whole number

Question

I have this PHP code:

$entityElementCount = (-($highScore-$totalKeywordCount))/0.29;

What i want to know is, how to check whether $

Answer 1

$entityElementCount = (-($highScore-$totalKeywordCount))/0.29;
if (ctype_digit($entityElementCount) ){
    // (ctype_digit((string)$entityElementCount))  // as advised.
    print "whole number\n";
}else{
    print "not whole number\n";
}