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[phpretard]

I need to convert numbers to text.

 

The instructions are to "call the convertNumber function"

 

I would like to be able to post to this, so I thought convertNumber($_POST['theNumber']);

 

I can't seem to get it to work.  Can anyone read this and help out?

 

 

<?
/*
Copyright 2007-2008 Brenton Fletcher. http://bloople[dot]net/num2text
You can use this freely and modify it however you want.
*/
function convertNumber($num)
{
   list($num, $dec) = explode(".", $num);

   $output = "";

   if($num{0} == "-")
   {
      $output = "negative ";
      $num = ltrim($num, "-");
   }
   else if($num{0} == "+")
   {
      $output = "positive ";
      $num = ltrim($num, "+");
   }
   
   if($num{0} == "0")
   {
      $output .= "zero";
   }
   else
   {
      $num = str_pad($num, 36, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT);
      $group = rtrim(chunk_split($num, 3, " "), " ");
      $groups = explode(" ", $group);

      $groups2 = array();
      foreach($groups as $g) $groups2[] = convertThreeDigit($g{0}, $g{1}, $g{2});

      for($z = 0; $z < count($groups2); $z++)
      {
         if($groups2[$z] != "")
         {
            $output .= $groups2[$z].convertGroup(11 - $z).($z < 11 && !array_search('', array_slice($groups2, $z + 1, -1))
             && $groups2[11] != '' && $groups[11]{0} == '0' ? " and " : ", ");
         }
      }

      $output = rtrim($output, ", ");
   }

   if($dec > 0)
   {
      $output .= " point";
      for($i = 0; $i < strlen($dec); $i++) $output .= " ".convertDigit($dec{$i});
   }

   return $output;
}

function convertGroup($index)
{
   switch($index)
   {
      case 11: return " decillion";
      case 10: return " nonillion";
      case 9: return " octillion";
      case 8: return " septillion";
      case 7: return " sextillion";
      case 6: return " quintrillion";
      case 5: return " quadrillion";
      case 4: return " trillion";
      case 3: return " billion";
      case 2: return " million";
      case 1: return " thousand";
      case 0: return "";
   }
}

function convertThreeDigit($dig1, $dig2, $dig3)
{
   $output = "";

   if($dig1 == "0" && $dig2 == "0" && $dig3 == "0") return "";

   if($dig1 != "0")
   {
      $output .= convertDigit($dig1)." hundred";
      if($dig2 != "0" || $dig3 != "0") $output .= " and ";
   }

   if($dig2 != "0") $output .= convertTwoDigit($dig2, $dig3);
   else if($dig3 != "0") $output .= convertDigit($dig3);

   return $output;
}

function convertTwoDigit($dig1, $dig2)
{
   if($dig2 == "0")
   {
      switch($dig1)
      {
         case "1": return "ten";
         case "2": return "twenty";
         case "3": return "thirty";
         case "4": return "forty";
         case "5": return "fifty";
         case "6": return "sixty";
         case "7": return "seventy";
         case "8": return "eighty";
         case "9": return "ninety";
      }
   }
   else if($dig1 == "1")
   {
      switch($dig2)
      {
         case "1": return "eleven";
         case "2": return "twelve";
         case "3": return "thirteen";
         case "4": return "fourteen";
         case "5": return "fifteen";
         case "6": return "sixteen";
         case "7": return "seventeen";
         case "8": return "eighteen";
         case "9": return "nineteen";
      }
   }
   else
   {
      $temp = convertDigit($dig2);
      switch($dig1)
      {
         case "2": return "twenty-$temp";
         case "3": return "thirty-$temp";
         case "4": return "forty-$temp";
         case "5": return "fifty-$temp";
         case "6": return "sixty-$temp";
         case "7": return "seventy-$temp";
         case "8": return "eighty-$temp";
         case "9": return "ninety-$temp";
      }
   }
}
      
function convertDigit($digit)
{
   switch($digit)
   {
      case "0": return "zero";
      case "1": return "one";
      case "2": return "two";
      case "3": return "three";
      case "4": return "four";
      case "5": return "five";
      case "6": return "six";
      case "7": return "seven";
      case "8": return "eight";
      case "9": return "nine";
   }
}
?>

 

Thank you

[seanlim]

Hi,

 

If you used the code without modifying anything, I'm sure it should work as long as a proper parameter is passed?

 

Try to output $_POST['theNumber'] to ensure that you are, indeed, passing a proper parameter..

[phpretard]

I added this to the bottom of the page...

 

<?
if (isset($_POST['submit'])){

echo $_POST['theNumber']."<br />";

convertNumber($_POST['theNumber']);

}
?>


<form action="" method="post">
<input type="text" name="theNumber" /><input type="submit" name="submit" value="go" />
</form>

 

It output the number but still not the text...?

[seanlim]

it is probably because you didn't echo the output?

 

the function convertNumber only returns the textual value 

[phpretard]

What the heck am I doing wrong???

 

<?
if (isset($_POST['submit'])){

echo $_POST['theNumber']."<br />";

convertNumber($_POST['theNumber'])."<br />";

echo $output; // <-- ???

}
?>


<form action="" method="post">
<input type="text" name="theNumber" /><input type="submit" name="submit" value="go" />
</form>

 

Still notta.

[seanlim]

haha.. $output does not exist! it is only exists locally within the convertNumber function.

 

try:

echo $_POST['theNumber']."<br />";
echo convertNumber($_POST['theNumber'])."<br />";

 

[phpretard]

Thank you!!!!!!