note 111552 added to function.number-format

When apply number_format on number with separator on thousands, result is wrong. This function accept number of any format <?php function format_price($number,$decPlaces,$decSep,$thouSep){ //$number - number for format //$decPlaces - number of decimal places //$decSep - separator for decimals //$thouSep - separator for thousands //first remove all white spaces $number=preg_replace('/\s+/', '',$number); //split string into array $numberArr = str_split($number); //reverse array and not preserve key, keys will help to find decimal place $numberArrRev=array_reverse($numberArr); //find first occurrence of non number character, that will be a decimal place //store $key into variable $decPointIsHere foreach ($numberArrRev as $key => $value) { if(!is_numeric($value)){ if($decPointIsHere==""){ $decPointIsHere=$key; } } } //decimal comma or whatever it is replace with dot //$decPointIsHere is the key of the element that will contain decimal separator dot if($decPointIsHere!=""){ $numberArrRev[$decPointIsHere]="."; } //again check through array for non numerical characters but skipping allready processed keys //if is not number remove from array foreach ($numberArrRev as $key => $value) { if(!is_numeric($value) && $key>$decPointIsHere){ unset($numberArrRev[$key]); } } //reverse back, at the start reversed array $numberArrRev to $numberArr $numberArr=array_reverse($numberArrRev); //create string from array $numberClean=implode("",$numberArr); // apply php number_format function return number_format($numberClean,$decPlaces,$decSep,$thouSep); } echo format_price("1 225 552, 55",2,',',' ')."<br>"; echo format_price("1.225.552, 55",2,',',' ')."<br>"; echo format_price("1'225'552. 55",2,',',' ')."<br>"; echo format_price("1225552.55",2,',',' ')."<br>"; ?> all results are: 1 225 552,55 ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 93.137.176.251 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.number-format.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/111552 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111552/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111552/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111552/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111552/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111552/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111552/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111552 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/111552 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php