How do I convert output of number_format back to numbers in PHP?

Question

PHP can't recognize 1,200.00(generated by number_format) but only 1200.00,

What's the general solution for this problem?

Answer 1

You could remove any character that is not a digit or a decimal point and parse that with floatval:

$number = 1200.00; $parsed = floatval(preg_replace('/[^\d.]/', '', number_format($number))); var_dump($number === $parsed);  // bool(true) 

And if the number has not . as decimal point:

function parse_number($number, $dec_point=null) {     if (empty($dec_point)) {         $locale = localeconv();         $dec_point = $locale['decimal_point'];     }     return floatval(str_replace($dec_point, '.', preg_replace('/[^\d'.preg_quote($dec_point).']/', '', $number))); } 

Answer 2

If you're using 5.3 or higher (thanks ircmaxell), use numfmt_parse.