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A float (a floating-point number) is a number with a decimal point or a number in exponential form.

In the following example, $x is a float. The PHP var_dump() function returns the data type and value:

Example Code:

<?php

$x = 10.365;
var_dump($x);

?>

Output:

The above code will produce the following result-

float(10.365)

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