[SOLVED] How can I strip "$5,000" to just "5000"?

[virtuexru]

Or any number in that format like $24,900 to just 24900. Then turn it back? I need to make a script that will take a price and automatically add a certain amount like $24,900 should be $26,900 but I need to strip the numbers before I can use the addition function.

 

Any ideas? Thank you!

[Mchl]

$stripped = str_replace(array("$",","),"","$24,900");

 

should work, but I did not test it... if it doesn't look in the manual for str_replace

 

to go other way you can use money_format

[UpcomingPhpDev]

Or any number in that format like $24,900 to just 24900. Then turn it back? I need to make a script that will take a price and automatically add a certain amount like $24,900 should be $26,900 but I need to strip the numbers before I can use the addition function.

 

Any ideas? Thank you!

 

You could just use a simple replace

 

<?php

$Number = str_replace(",","",$Number);
$Number = str_replace("$","",$Number);

?>

 

If you have more things to remove, Just place them in a array and call str_replace once.

 

[effigy]

Store and work with the number in its digit form, using number_format for its display.

[virtuexru]

Or any number in that format like $24,900 to just 24900. Then turn it back? I need to make a script that will take a price and automatically add a certain amount like $24,900 should be $26,900 but I need to strip the numbers before I can use the addition function.

 

Any ideas? Thank you!

 

You could just use a simple replace

 

<?php

$Number = str_replace(",","",$Number);
$Number = str_replace("$","",$Number);

?>

 

If you have more things to remove, Just place them in a array and call str_replace once.

 

 

This worked . Thanks. I know its not the most creative method but it did the trick .

[virtuexru]

But now here is the real question, here is my code:

 

		$o_price = $row['_price'];

		$o_price = str_replace(",","",$o_price);
		$o_price = str_replace("$","",$o_price);

		$price   = $o_price + 5000;
		$price   = "$".$price;

 

How should I go about getting the "," back in the right location.

[premiso]

money_format is the key if you are on a linux box. Of not view the comments for a user-created money_format function.