Re: Converting variables to integer

Ooops my str_replace() function needs one more parameter. str_replace(',', '', $str); -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Stone" <kevin@helpelf.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net>; <drparker@clam.rutgers.edu> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Converting variables to integer > > function str2int($str) > { > $str = str_replace(',', $str); // > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php > > settype($str, "integer"); // > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.settype.php > > if (is_int($str)) // > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.is-int.php > return $str; > else > return false; > } > > Loop through your form variables and call this function. Good luck, > -Kevin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <drparker@clam.rutgers.edu> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:05 AM > Subject: [PHP] Converting variables to integer > > > > I have a bunch of form variables that I need to process as integers. > > The problem is that some users are writing in values with commas - e.g. > > 100,000, and that isn't read as an integer. There's more than one > > variable so I don't want to have to do a string replace for each one. > > Is there a general way to curb this problem? > > > > Thanks, Doug > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >