Multiplying Variables

[topflight]

I have 2 variables a

nd they are not multiplying. here is what my code looks like:

if($rank =='CATI'){$hourly='1,500';}elseif($rank == 'CATII'){$hourly == '2,500';}elseif($rank == 'CATIII'){$hourly == '4,500';}elseif($rank == 'CATIV'){$hourly ='8,000';}elseif($rank =='CATV'){$hourly ='10,000';}


$pmoney = $rr["money"];

$money = "$hourly" * "$dur";
$finalcut = "$money" + "$pmoney";

 

Also the $pmoney is part of a mysql_fetch_assoc but the problem I am having is that $money is not multiplying please help.

 

Thanks in advanced

[jl5501]

you have your variables in quotes therefore treated as strings

 

if they are numbers that can be multiplied.  remove the quotes

[JAY6390]

does the $money value have any characters other than numbers?

[topflight]

no just numbers

[JAY6390]

Your $hourly figures have , in them. You need to remove those if you want them to work as numbers you can manipulate. PHP sees 1,500 as 1 for example

[jl5501]

ok good

 

So

 

$money = $hourly * $dur;

 

will work

[JAY6390]

The quotes arent an issue

echo "5" * "5";

works just fine for example

[topflight]

My current code looks like this

if($rank =='CATI'){$hourly='1500';}elseif($rank == 'CATII'){$hourly == '2500';}elseif($rank == 'CATIII'){$hourly == '4500';}elseif($rank == 'CATIV'){$hourly ='8000';}elseif($rank =='CATV'){$hourly ='10000';}

$money = $hourly * $dur;
$finalcut = $money + $pmoney;

 

 

And it is still not doing the math correctly I am getting 0 for the $finalcut

 

 

And just and FYI the dur is a decimal number like 2.5

[topflight]

any other help please

[PFMaBiSmAd]

To troubleshoot what your code is actually doing, echo out the values. For example, if $rank is not one of the strings shown, $hourly will be a null value...

[topflight]

I echo out he rank and it says one of the ranks it is just not multiplying for some reason.

[topflight]

Ok i troubled shot it and now I test out all the variables but the problem is that $hourly is empty but $rank is not.

[topflight]

I have tried echoing out the hourly and I get the correct responce but when I echo out: $money = "$hourly" * "$dur"; I get 0

[PFMaBiSmAd]

$dur ?