String to FLoat conversion

[yoofy]

Hi, I am having some trouble with the String->Float conversion.

 

I have a currentProduct class that I call when importing products. The thing is I need to import placementPrice which is a float, ex.: 10.45 .  When I first import the price, it says 10,45 as a string. I want to convert it to 10.45 (float) and then assign it to the placementPrice in CurrentProduct but it won't let me. When I str_replace(",",".",$placementPrice) then floatval($PlacementPrice) I loose all the decimal value, ex.: 10.45 -> 10.   

 

I would like to be able to keep all the 10.45. Any of you know how? Thanks.

[Daniel0]

$str = '10,45';
$str = str_replace(',', '.', $str);
var_dump(floatval($str));

gives float(10.45) as expected. You'll have to show some code.

[yoofy]

My error is no longer in the conversion from string to float. It is now when I put my float value in the paramater ex.:

 

$Myclass = new currentProduct('x','y',(float here), 'z')

 

When I load it in the constructer of CurrentProduct, it still says is_string to true.

[yoofy]

Plus, not only it is a string when I get into the constructer, but it has deleted all the decimal value, so I get a string of 10.00 instead of a float of 10.45.

[Daniel0]

You'll have to show some code.

[yoofy]

Well, I found a solution to my problem. Since it was string that my constructor received. What I did was multiply by 100 before passing the parameter. So the 10.45 became 1045, then the 1045 became a string. In my constructor I took my (string)1045 and floatval'ed it and then divided it by 100 so I got 10,45. THanks anyway .