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

The better way is to use the options in number_format function itself. The format is

number_format ( float $number , int $decimals = 0 , string $dec_point = '.' , string $thousands_sep = ',' )

I.e. if you don't need the ',' in the formatted string make, it is like

$num=23.33333
echo number_format($num,2,'.','');

If you need that as float then typecast the same to float

$floatnum= (float) number_format($num,2,'.','');