Re: number_format problem

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Dillon, John wrote: > I want to show a number from a database in the format x,xxx.00 in a > textfield, then if it is changed by the user I want to post the value of the > number to a decimal field. However, once you number_format the number it > becomes a string, and numbers like 3,379.90 give a value of 3 when posted to > the database, which is hinted at in the notes on number_format. I suppose I > need a string to number function - can someone tell me what this might be > called please? I use this: $x['funds'] = (int)preg_replace("/[\$,]/","",$x['funds']); where $x['funds'] contains something like $3,249,555.32, and the end result is an int of 3249555. I drop the cents... you want to keep 'em, change "int" to "float". Beckman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Beckman Internet Guy beckman@purplecow.com http://www.purplecow.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------