[SOLVED] string replace

[jakebur01]

I am trying to get just the number from the following. $25.600 (EA) or $12,452.58(EA) or $254.600 (EA) or $25.64EA

 

All I am wanting is the number without the characters or commas. Ex.  25.60 or 12452.58

 

Would it be something like this?

 $targetChars3=array('"', '$', ',','a','b','c','d',e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z',A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z','(',')','&','#','%','^');
   $listprice=str_replace($targetChars3, "", $listprice);

 

[premiso]

Use preg_match and it can pull that data out. If there are multiples on the page preg_match_all

[drisate]

<?php

$num = 't54j6 7kert @ ( ) _ - { }3 | |\\/ !@#$5%^&*()_+=';

$new_num = preg_replace ('/[^\d]/', '', $num);

echo $new_num;

 

?>

[jeger003]

try this

 

$price  = $price_here; //i.e. $12,452.58(EA)
$to_remove = array("$",".", ",", "(EA)");
$to_put_in   = array("","","","");

echo str_replace($to_remove,$to_put_in,$price) ;

 

basicaly replacing characters with "" or nothing...let me know how it goes....i tested it myself and it works

[jakebur01]

It worked great. I had to remove the decimal because I didn't want it to pull those out. My only concern is I do not know what all may come after the price. It may not always be (EA).

 

It will allways be this format though....... $ 000.000 (EA)orSomethingElse

[drisate]

bro i gave you the awnser already ...

<?php

$num = '$25.600 (EA)';
$new_num = preg_replace ('/[^\d]/', '', $num);
echo $new_num;

?>

 

now all you need is add the $ and format the number with . or ,

http://ca3.php.net/number_format

[.josh]

If that's the only thing in your string, drisate's method is most efficient option.  Though he forgot to allow for dots and \d allows for exponents, so you can make that stricter by using 0-9 range instead:

 

// $string is the string holding the number
$string = preg_replace('~[^0-9.]~','',$string);

[drisate]

or reformat them the way you like

http://ca3.php.net/number_format

 

hehe

[.josh]

well in OP he said he just wanted numbers and dots.

[jakebur01]

Thank you all for your help. It is working great now!