JRequest::getFloat

Fetches and returns a given filtered variable. The float filter only allows digits and periods. This is currently only a proxy function for getVar().

See getVar() for more in-depth documentation on the parameters.

Signature

public function getFloat(string
        $name,
            [float
        $default = 0.0,
            [string
        $hash = 'default']] )

Parameters

$name: Variable name.
$default: Default value if the variable does not exist.
$hash: Where the var should come from (POST, GET, FILES, COOKIE, METHOD).

Returns

float: Requested variable.