Re: Stripping Decimals
| From: | CPT John W. Holmes | Date: | Tue, 04 Nov 2003 15:45:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Stripping Decimals | ||
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From: "Ed Curtis" <ed@homes2see.com>
> I currently use number_format() and str_replace() to remove a "," or "$"
> if entered and reformat it as a price for an item. I've asked the
> user not to use decimals but some still do. How do I remove a decimal and
> anything after from a number in a varable?
$new_number = preg_replace('/\.[0-9]+/','',$old_number);
I would do that first, then a
$new_number = preg_replace('/[^0-9]/','',$new_number);
afterwards to remove anything that's not a number from the string.
---John Holmes...