PHP Manual: Parse a number

Description

Object oriented style

public mixed NumberFormatter::parse ( string $value [, int $type [, int &$position ]] )

Procedural style

mixed numfmt_parse ( NumberFormatter $fmt , string $value [, int $type [, int &$position ]] )

Parse a string into a number using the current formatter rules.

Parameters

fmt: NumberFormatter object.
type: The formatting type to use. By default, NumberFormatter::TYPE_DOUBLE is used.
position: Offset in the string at which to begin parsing. On return, this value will hold the offset at which parsing ended.

Return Values

The value of the parsed number or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example #1 numfmt_parse example


<?php
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
$num = "1.234.567,891";
echo numfmt_parse($fmt, $num)."\n";
echo numfmt_parse($fmt, $num, NumberFormatter::TYPE_INT32)."\n";
?>

Example #2 OO example


<?php
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
$num = "1.234.567,891";
echo $fmt->parse($num)."\n";
echo $fmt->parse($num, NumberFormatter::TYPE_INT32)."\n";
?>

The above example will output:

1234567.891
1234567

NumberFormatter::parse

numfmt_parse

Description

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