At 05:45 10.11.2002, Michael P. Carel said:
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>is there any way to convert decimal numbers to fraction and fraction to 
>decimal format. i need to convert the inputed fractional value in the field 
>before inserting it to the mysql database, such us 1/2 = 0.5 .
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<?php
$in = '1/2';
eval("\$out = (double)$in;");
echo "$in = $out\n";
?>

Needs a lot of work before and after to check if things are right, but I
believe you get the idea...


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