(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
NumberFormatter::parse -- numfmt_parse — Parse a number
Object oriented style
Procedural style
Parse a string into a number using the current formatter rules.
fmtNumberFormatter object.
type
The
formatting type to use. By default,
NumberFormatter::TYPE_DOUBLE is used.
positionOffset in the string at which to begin parsing. On return, this value will hold the offset at which parsing ended.
The value of the parsed number or FALSE on error.
Example #1 numfmt_parse() example
<?php
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
$num = "1.234.567,891";
echo numfmt_parse($fmt, $num)."\n";
echo numfmt_parse($fmt, $num, NumberFormatter::TYPE_INT32)."\n";
?>
Example #2 OO example
<?php
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
$num = "1.234.567,891";
echo $fmt->parse($num)."\n";
echo $fmt->parse($num, NumberFormatter::TYPE_INT32)."\n";
?>
The above example will output:
1234567.891 1234567
It interesting to note that the expected behavior for this function may change according to your ICU version.
In ICU 4.4.2 (standard for Ubuntu 10.* with PHP 5.3.5)
With locale 'en', input of 100,1 returns 1001
In ICU 4.8.1 (standard for Ubuntu 12.* with PHP 5.3.10)
With locale 'en', input of 100,1 returns "false"
Be sure to note your ICU version in phpinfo() to be sure you will get the expected output.
