Remove non-numeric characters (except periods and commas) from a string

Question

If I have the following values:

 $var1 = AR3,373.31

 $var2 = 12.322,11T

How can I create a new variable and set it to a copy of the data t

Answer 1

You could use filter_var to remove all illegal characters except digits, dot and the comma.

• The FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT filter is used to remove all non-numeric character from the string.
• FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_FRACTION is allowing fraction separator " . "
• The purpose of FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_THOUSAND to get comma from the string.

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Code

$var1 = '12.322,11T';

echo filter_var($var1, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT, FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_FRACTION | FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_THOUSAND);

Output

12.322,11

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To read more about filter_var() and Sanitize filters