note 31533 added to function.floatval

This function converts a string to a float no matter is the decimal separator dot (.) or comma (,). It also converts integers correctly. It takes the digits from the beginning of the string and ignores all other characters. function floatval($strValue) { $floatValue = ereg_replace("(^[0-9]*)(\\.|,)([0-9]*)(.*)", "\\1.\\3", $strValue); if (!is_numeric($floatValue)) $floatValue = ereg_replace("(^[0-9]*)(.*)", "\\1", $strValue); if (!is_numeric($floatValue)) $floatValue = 0; return $floatValue; } -Zipi (Finland) -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.floatval.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+31533 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+31533 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+31533