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PHP string to locale float

I trying to parse "2,249.90000000" into a float with local decimals. I want it to 2249,90000000. (nl_NL, money/eur)

I have tried multiple solutions like floatval or (float). Because number_format wants a number and not a string.

I didn't find the right solution on SO so, I created a new question, but I'm aware that this question is asked once.

Solution

  • You can use this code, code from the first note of floatval manual.

    If you want in 2249,90000000 check this demo

    <?php
var_dump(tofloat("2,249.90000000"));

function tofloat($num) {
    $dotPos = strrpos($num, '.');
    $commaPos = strrpos($num, ',');
    $sep = (($dotPos > $commaPos) && $dotPos) ? $dotPos :
        ((($commaPos > $dotPos) && $commaPos) ? $commaPos : false);

    if (!$sep) {
        return floatval(preg_replace("/[^0-9]/", "", $num));
    }

    return floatval(
        preg_replace("/[^0-9]/", "", substr($num, 0, $sep)) . '.' .
        preg_replace("/[^0-9]/", "", substr($num, $sep+1, strlen($num)))
    );
}