Using number_format() with Text Include

[phpBeginner06]

Is there a way to use number_format() with a PHP Include that is a text file? I made a script, but it does not echo that right results.

[code]<?php

$somenumber=include("01-25-2007.txt");
$formatted=number_format($somenumber);

echo "$formatted";

?>[/code]


The text file "01-25-2007.txt" contains the number "1000". The script should echo a number like "1,000"; but instead it's echo looks like this: "10001".

Is it even possible to use number_format() with a text inlude? If so, what is the best way to go about doing it?

[kenrbnsn]

That's not how you use the include() function.

What does the included file contain?

You can do something like this:

File test_include.php
[code]<?php
$somenumber = 1000;
?>[/code]

Main script:
[code]<?php
include('test_include.php');
$formatted = format_number($somenumber);
echo $formatted;
?>[/code]

Ken

[Monkeymatt]

You used include() wrong, as kenrbnsn said. You can do what I think you want to this way:

[code]
<?php

$somenumber=file_get_contents("01-25-2007.txt");
$formatted=number_format($somenumber);

echo "$formatted";

?>
[/code]

Monkeymatt

[phpBeginner06]

Monkeymatt, your script did the job - Thanks