$cadenas = file ("archivo"); #THE FILE "archivo" HAVE INTEGERS AND FLOATS $total = 0; foreach ($cadenas as $linea){ $numeros=split('>>',$linea); #DIVIDING THE LINE $ct = count($numeros); #COUNTING NUMBER OF ELEMENTS (ROWS IN THIS CASE) for ($i=0; $i<= $ct; $i++){ $pedazo=($numeros[$i]); #GET THE VAR TYPE OF EACH ROW $x = strpos($pedazo,"."); if ($x === false) { $type = "int"; } else { $type = "float"; } }