Re: convert string to number
| From: | CPT John W. Holmes | Date: | Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:55:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: convert string to number | ||
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From: "Jay Blanchard" <jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com>
> From: "Diana Castillo" <diana@interhotel.com>
>
> > [snip]
> > what is the easiest way to convert a string like this "1,300.99" to a
> > number?
> > [/snip]
>
> http://www.php.net/settype
That'll just result in the number 1, though, since the conversion to "float"
will stop at the comma.
If you know that it's just going to be commas in there, a simple
str_replace(',','',$number) will get rid of the commas. Then PHP's type
juggling will take care of the rest for you and treat it like a FLOAT if it
needs to be. Or you can then use settype() to ensure it's a float.
---John Holmes...