Multiple string replacement

Question

All I want is to transform '1.234,56' into '1,234.56'...

I read about using array(s) as str_replace parameter, so I did this:

$value = '1.234,56';
$replacer1 = ',';
$replacer2 = '.';
echo \str_replace(array($replacer1, $replacer2), array($replacer2,$replacer1), $value);
//Prints '1,234,56' instead of '1,234.56'

The input and it's replacers are variable and it's not necessarily'll be used only for numbers.

Any ideas? Thanks...

Answer 1

Try this.i used number_format() for this

<?php

$number = "1.234,56";

$number = str_replace(array('.',','), array('','.'), $number);

echo number_format($number, 2, '.', ',');

You can also use money_format() function.Note that it won't work on windows.

Here is another method.

<?php

$str = "1.234,56";

$rp1 = '.';
$rp2 = ',';

//you might want to create a function for this.
if(false===strpos($str, '@')){

$str = str_replace($rp1, '@', $str);
$str = str_replace($rp2, $rp1, $str);
$str = str_replace('@', $rp2, $str);

}

echo $str;

You can also use a unique string like #!MYSEP!#