In Php, how to get float value from a mixed string?

Question

I got a string like:

$str = \"CASH55.35inMyPocket\";

I want to get 55.35 only.

I tried:

$str = flo         


        

Answer 1

If you dont want to use regular expressions use filter_var:

$str = "CASH55.35inMyPocket";
var_dump( (float) filter_var( $str, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT, FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_FRACTION ) ); // float(55.35)