filter_var()` function with the `FILTER_VALIDATE_INT` filter.<?php
$number = 0;
if (filter_var($number, FILTER_VALIDATE_INT) !== false) {
echo "The number is a valid integer.";
} else {
echo "The number is not a valid integer.";
}
?>The number is a valid integer.$number` with the value `0`. We then use the `filter_var()` function with the `FILTER_VALIDATE_INT` filter to validate this variable as an integer.