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NumberFormatter::parseCurrency

numfmt_parse_currency

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

NumberFormatter::parseCurrency -- numfmt_parse_currencyParse a currency number

Description

Object oriented style

public float NumberFormatter::parseCurrency ( string $value , string &$currency [, int &$position ] )

Procedural style

float numfmt_parse_currency ( NumberFormatter $fmt , string $value , string &$currency [, int &$position ] )

Parse a string into a double and a currency using the current formatter.

Parameters

fmt

NumberFormatter object.

currency

Parameter to receive the currency name (3-letter ISO 4217 currency code).

position

Offset in the string at which to begin parsing. On return, this value will hold the offset at which parsing ended.

Return Values

The parsed numeric value or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example #1 numfmt_parse_currency() example

<?php
$fmt 
numfmt_create'de_DE'NumberFormatter::CURRENCY );
$num "1.234.567,89\xc2\xa0$";
echo 
"We have ".numfmt_parse_currency($fmt$num$curr)." in $curr\n";
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$fmt 
= new NumberFormatter'de_DE'NumberFormatter::CURRENCY );
$num "1.234.567,89\xc2\xa0$";
echo 
"We have ".$fmt->parseCurrency($num$curr)." in $curr\n";
?>

The above example will output:

We have 1234567.89 in USD

See Also

User Contributed Notes

daniel at danielphenry dot com
1 year ago
The given examples confused me a bit. This may be a bit more clear:

$region = 'en_US';
$currency = 'USD';
$formatter = new NumberFormatter($region, NumberFormatter::CURRENCY);
echo $formatter->parseCurrency(12543.67, $currency);

Responds with:

$12,543.67
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