Convert English numbers to Arabic numerals

Question

How can i convert English numbers being retrieved from the database to Arabic numeral symbols in PHP.

EDIT: Here're some examples of what Arabic numerals look like. I live in an Arab country, so please don't go around explaining to me what Arabic numerals look like. If you can help, good and well. I don't need bogus ideas.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Arabic_numerals-en.svg/500px-Arabic_numerals-en.svg.png

Answer 1

If you are referring to what Wikipedia calls eastern arabic / indic numerals, a simple replace operation should do.

$western_arabic = array('0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9'); $eastern_arabic = array('٠','١','٢','٣','٤','٥','٦','٧','٨','٩');  $str = str_replace($western_arabic, $eastern_arabic, $str); 

Answer 2

Definitions

• Western arabic numerals: "1234567890".
• Eastern arabic numerals: "١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠".

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The answer

I wrote a couple of functions (gist.github.com) a while back.

Demo (3v4l.org)

    echo arabic_w2e("1234567890"); // Outputs: ١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠     echo arabic_e2w("١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠"); // Outputs: 1234567890 

Code

<?php  /**  * Converts numbers in string from western to eastern Arabic numerals.  *  * @param  string $str Arbitrary text  * @return string Text with western Arabic numerals converted into eastern Arabic numerals.  */ function arabic_w2e($str) {     $arabic_eastern = array('٠', '١', '٢', '٣', '٤', '٥', '٦', '٧', '٨', '٩');     $arabic_western = array('0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9');     return str_replace($arabic_western, $arabic_eastern, $str); }  /**  * Converts numbers from eastern to western Arabic numerals.  *  * @param  string $str Arbitrary text  * @return string Text with eastern Arabic numerals converted into western Arabic numerals.  */ function arabic_e2w($str) {     $arabic_eastern = array('٠', '١', '٢', '٣', '٤', '٥', '٦', '٧', '٨', '٩');     $arabic_western = array('0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9');     return str_replace($arabic_eastern, $arabic_western, $str); } 

Answer 3

Or you can just download and use this class from: http://www.phpclasses.org/package/6626-PHP-Convert-numbers-to-Arabic-representation.html (Tested and working). Cheers.