PHP Manual: Parse a currency number

Description

Object oriented style

public float NumberFormatter::parseCurrency ( string $value , string &$currency [, int &$position ] )

Procedural style

float numfmt_parse_currency ( NumberFormatter $fmt , string $value , string &$currency [, int &$position ] )

Parse a string into a double and a currency using the current formatter.

Parameters

fmt: NumberFormatter object.
currency: Parameter to receive the currency name (3-letter ISO 4217 currency code).
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 parsed numeric value or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example #1 numfmt_parse_currency example


<?php
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::CURRENCY );
$num = "1.234.567,89\xc2\xa0$";
echo "We have ".numfmt_parse_currency($fmt, $num, $curr)." in $curr\n";
?>

Example #2 OO example


<?php
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::CURRENCY );
$num = "1.234.567,89\xc2\xa0$";
echo "We have ".$fmt->parseCurrency($num, $curr)." in $curr\n";
?>

The above example will output:

We have 1234567.89 in USD

NumberFormatter::parseCurrency

numfmt_parse_currency

Description

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