[SOLVED] function to convert number to ranking?

[EchoFool]

Does any one know of a function which converts numbers to rank? like below:

 

1 = 1st

2 = 2nd

3 = 3rd

 

Etc

 

Or am i going to have to make my own function for something like this ?

[rhodesa]

http://www.phpsnips.com/snippet.php?id=37

[Alex]

Well, you could just hijack the date function

 

function postFix($number)
{
$faketime = ($number * 86400) + 1230768000;
return date("S", $faketime);
}

$num = 5;
echo $num . postFix($num);

 

Output: 5th

 

Edit: Nevermind, this is stupid since it will only work for 1-31.

[EchoFool]

Good find rhodesa, thanks for trying too AlexWD

[Alex]

Oh, just FYI you can make it work with my idea.

 

function postFix($number)
{
$number = ($number > 31) ? (substr($number, -1, 1)) : $number;
if($number == 0) $number = 4;
$faketime = ($number * 86400) + 1230768000;
return date("S", $faketime);
}

for($num = 1;$num < 100;$num++)
{
echo $num . postFix($num) . '<br />';
}

 

Accurate, as far as I know.

[rhodesa]

@AlexWD - it works, but the snippet in the link i posted runs 35 times faster