RE: [PHP] int to string

Won't work 20 would become 'two zero' not 'twenty' as the for loop identifies 1 character at a time Don't have any suggestions... Just critisms :-D... hehe sorry Dan ------------------- http://chrome.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: Peter Hoskin [mailto:peterh@criten.org] Sent: 06 April 2006 00:47 To: Tanner Postert; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] int to string Tanner Postert wrote: > I don't think it's built in, so I was wondering ya'll would recommend as the > best way to convert int to string, not basic type casting, but converting to > the english word the int represents. > > Something like this: > > 5 = "Five" or 20 = "Twenty" > You're right - its not built in. You could use something like this function numerictotext($numeric) { for ($i;$i < strlen($numeric);$i++) { $character = substr($numeric,$i,1); switch ($character) { case 0: $return .= 'Zero '; break; case 1: $return .= 'One '; break; } } return $return; } Regards, Peter Hoskin Do I get a cookie? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php __________ NOD32 1.1474 (20060405) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com