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Posted by wayne on 09/28/74 11:40
samudasu wrote:
> Ok, i see your problem now. This line "$total_downpayment = '$' .
> num_format($total_downpayment); " is causing the problem. What it's
> doing is setting total downpayment into a string that looks like
> $20,000. Well you can't subtract a number (string) formatted as
> $20,000 from a number that looks like 200000. PHP will normally let you
> subtract one string from another but the comma and dollar sign are
> throwing it off. This will work:
>
>
> if ($_SESSION['nickname'] == '') {
> $_SESSION['nickname'] = 'My Future Home';
> }
> if ($total_downpayment < 0) {
> $total_downpayment = 'You have less than what is needed to pay initial
> costs.';
> }
>
> print 'Your down payment will be: <strong>$' .
> num_format($total_downpayment) . '</strong>
> (' . num_format($percentage_down*100) . '%)<br />
> Your loan amount will be: <strong>$' .
> num_format($_SESSION['house_cost'] - $total_downpayment) .
> '</strong><br /><br />';
>
Thank you for your help. I deleted the line and now it works. Now I just
have some clean up to do in the html part and a couple more logic errors
to fix and the form should be useful!
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Wayne
http://www.glenmeadows.com
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