Re: Number Entry Points

Addressed to: "Real GM Webmaster" <webmaster@realgm.com> php-general@lists.php.net ** Reply to note from "Real GM Webmaster" <webmaster@realgm.com> Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:00:02 +1100 > > ------=_NextPart_000_0064_01C058B5.02E71F40 Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Hi all, > > I have some text input boxes that require the users to put in some very = > large numbers (into the tens of thousands). Some of our users have = > asked if it was possible for them to enter these integers with commas as > = seperators into the entry field (eg. 12,345,678), while some other > users = would not (eg. 12345678). =20 > > The problem is I have no idea how to do this and do not know where to = > start. I have been chasing my tail for the last two days trying to find = > a soluton without a hit of success. I can format the output so it has = > commas as seperators, but I am unsure how to set commas as seperators on > = the input. $NumericVariable = str_replace( ',', '', $NumericVariable ); # Note: NumericVariable is a lie. It it has commas in it it is a string, but that does not prevent you from using it as a number once they have been removed. Also look at number_format() in Numeric Functions for the way to display your numbers with commas. Rick Widmer Internet Marketing Specialists http://www.developersdesk.com