note 59972 added to function.number-format

as response to mike at phpeeb dot com. You can do aritmetic even on strings, you just need a little function to sort it out like this : function str2no($number){ $number = str_replace(".", "", $number); $number = str_replace(",", ".", $number); return $number; } function no2str($number){ $number = number_format($number,2, ',', '.'); return $number; } echo no2str(str2no("1.200,50")*3); // we use 1200.50 as input "1.200,50" is the danish string for this number //this will output 3601.50 with right formatting = 3.601,50 as string //nice to know when dealing with money. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.number-format.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+59972 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59972&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59972&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59972&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59972&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59972&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59972&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59972&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+59972&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php