Re: Integer

On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Ron Piggott <ron.piggott@actsministries.org> wrote: > In the following the “2.” means a moderator response and “25” is the account # of the > moderator. > > <?php > > $author = 2.0000000000000000000000025 > > ?> > > How can I get the 25 by itself? > - I want to drop the “2.” and remove all the zero’s > > Would it be best to turn this into a STRING? > > Any suggestions? Storing data as a float is a bad idea. Way bad. Also, I think that's too many significant digits for php to handle in a float. You should store data in an accessible way. For instance, assuming there are actually only two pieces of interesting data there, you could store them as a hash: php > $author = Array('account' => 25, 'response' => 2); php > var_dump($author); array(2) { ["account"]=> int(25) ["response"]=> int(2) } If that data is coming from somewhere beyond your control and is presented as that, then parsing as a string will be the way to go. Again, assuming there is no other useful information, a simple regexp to parse it would be: php > if (preg_match('/(\d+)\.0+(\d+)/','2.0000000000000000000000025',$matches)) { php { $author = Array('account' => $matches[2], 'response' => $matches[1]); php { } php > // else handle error if need be php > var_dump($author); array(2) { ["account"]=> string(2) "25" ["response"]=> string(1) "2" }