Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8741: preg functions interpret { as part of variable interpolation
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:19:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8741: preg functions interpret { as part of variable interpolation | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.dev |
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On 16 Jan 2001 danbeck@dealnews.com wrote:
> From: danbeck@dealnews.com
> Operating system: Linux 2.x, Redhat 6.2
> PHP version: 4.0.3pl1
> PHP Bug Type: PCRE related
> Bug description: preg functions interpret { as part of variable interpolation
>
> The following code does not work properly
>
> $number = "999.00";
> $precision = 2;
> echo preg_replace("/\.0{$precision}/", "", $number);
>
> it echos 999.00
I know it has nothing to do with the bug, but why don't you just use this:
echo floor ($number);
Derick Rethans
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