format number into feet and inches

[johnrb87]

hi

 

I have the following value

 

<?php $meters = '5.8654';

 

and I want to format this number into a format that looks like

 

5' 8"

 

is this possible?

 

thanks

[xyph]

Yes, it IS possible

 

I'm going to assume you want to know HOW it's done.

 

<?php

$metres = 5.25;

$feet = floor( $metres / 0.3048 );
$inches = ($metres - 0.3048*$feet) / 0.0254;

echo "$metres metres is $feet feet and ".round($inches,2)." inches";

?>

 

Quick n simple way. Based on 1 metre = 0.3048 feet, and 1 metre = 0.0254 inches.

[johnrb87]

cool thanks