Re: currency conversion

>>>>> "c" == christian <chaines@webwork.com.au> writes: > does anyone know of a way to currency conversions with php? i want > to grab the current currency from some kind of web site and then > convert money to different currency value I'm sure plenty of people have done this properly, but here's a quick hack to use Xe's currency converter. <?php class currency { function convert($amount, $from, $to) { $regex = "/[0-9.]+\s*$from\s*=\s*([0-9.]+)\s*$to/"; $return = file ("http://www.xe.net/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=1&From=$from&To=$to"); foreach ($return as $line) { if( preg_match($regex, $line, $match) ) break; } if (!isset($match)) return false; return $amount * $match[1]; } } $money = new currency; print $money->convert( 10, "GBP", "AUD" ); ?> -- Robin Vickery................................................. BlueCarrots, 14th Floor, 20 Eastbourne Terrace, London, W2 6LE