public function numericAggregate($function, $columns = ['*'])
    {
        $result = $this->aggregate($function, $columns);

        // If there is no result, we can obviously just return 0 here. Next, we will check
        // if the result is an integer or float. If it is already one of these two data
        // types we can just return the result as-is, otherwise we will convert this.
        if (! $result) {
            return 0;
        }

        if (is_int($result) || is_float($result)) {
            return $result;
        }

        // If the result doesn't contain a decimal place, we will assume it is an int then
        // cast it to one. When it does we will cast it to a float since it needs to be
        // cast to the expected data type for the developers out of pure convenience.
        return strpos((string) $result, '.') === false
                ? (int) $result : (float) $result;
    }
public function numericAggregate($function, $columns = ['*'])
    {
        $result = $this->aggregate($function, $columns);

        // If there is no result, we can obviously just return 0 here. Next, we will check
        // if the result is an integer or float. If it is already one of these two data
        // types we can just return the result as-is, otherwise we will convert this.
        if (! $result) {
            return 0;
        }

        if (is_int($result) || is_float($result)) {
            return $result;
        }

        // If the result doesn't contain a decimal place, we will assume it is an int then
        // cast it to one. When it does we will cast it to a float since it needs to be
        // cast to the expected data type for the developers out of pure convenience.
        return strpos((string) $result, '.') === false
                ? (int) $result : (float) $result;
    }
public function numericAggregate ( $ function , $ columns = [ '*' ] ) { $ result = $ this -> aggregate ( $ function , $ columns ) ; // If there is no result, we can obviously just return 0 here. Next, we will check // if the result is an integer or float. If it is already one of these two data // types we can just return the result as-is, otherwise we will convert this. if ( ! $ result ) { return 0 ; } if ( is_int ( $ result ) || is_float ( $ result ) ) { return $ result ; } // If the result doesn't contain a decimal place, we will assume it is an int then // cast it to one. When it does we will cast it to a float since it needs to be // cast to the expected data type for the developers out of pure convenience. return strpos ( ( string ) $ result , '.' ) === false ? ( int ) $ result : ( float ) $ result ; }
Execute a numeric aggregate function on the database.

@param  string  $function
@param  array   $columns
@return float|int
Execute a numeric aggregate function on the database .