that'll work because PHP will change its cast from a currency to a integery before adding.
Adam On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, David Buerer wrote: > OK y'all, go ahead and shoot me, but this is what I'd do: > > $mystring="enters $56.55 for example"; > $mynumber=$mystring+1-1; > > $mynumber now equals 56.55 If you want the . to go to, use the other > methods. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Caldwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Extracting Numbers from a string. > > > I need to extract the numbers only from a field. > > For example: I have an AMOUNT field and so that I can filter out any user > typo's I would like to extract the numbers only. > > If the user enters $56.55 for example or just $56 then I would like to be > able to remove the "$" and the "." keeping just the 56 or 5655. > > Can I use eregi_replace() to do this -- I've been trying but it doesn't seem > to work right. > > Thanks. > Jason > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php