Starting with PHP 7, the string 'NaN' evaluates to the NaN value as well.
Example:
var_dump( (float) 'NaN' );
PHP 5.x and HHVM:
float(0)
PHP 7.0:
float(NAN)
Starting with PHP 7, the string 'NaN' evaluates to the NaN value as well.
Example:
var_dump( (float) 'NaN' );
PHP 5.x and HHVM:
float(0)
PHP 7.0:
float(NAN)