Posted by David Haynes on 03/10/06 23:43

laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a string value, "1,250" (one thousand, two hundred and fifty).
> Is there a PHP function I can apply to this string that will give me
> the value 1250 in a variable? I've tried "intval", but I get a value
> of 1 (one), at least in PHP 4.
>
> Thanks for any help, - Dave
>

<?php
$foo = "1,250";
$bar = intval(str_replace(',', '', $foo) );

printf("foo = %s, bar = %d\n", $foo, $bar);
?>

-david-

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