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sam
sam

Reputation: 10094

changing string (numerical) to float in php

Ive got data coming in from an xml feed the attribute that im using from this feed is written Decimal="1.14" and Decimal="2.00" what i want to do is use these attributes in a function and to be able to compare them.

like this 

if($provider1 > $provider2){
        return $provider1;
    }
    else {
        return $provider2;
    }

How can i convert these numbers into a float to be used in the function

Upvotes: 0

Views: 61

Answers (3)

Tucker
Tucker

Reputation: 7362

Try this function: floatval

The documentation is here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.floatval.php

You can then do something like this: 

if (floatval($provider1) > floatval($provider2)) {
    return $provider1;
} else {
    return $provider2;
}

Upvotes: 3

Kerem
Kerem

Reputation: 11586

You can use floatval($value) or (float) $value. See type-casting here: http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.type-juggling.php

Upvotes: 1

user1950929
user1950929

Reputation: 874

You can use floatval() to convert string to float. To get the strings use any xml library.

Upvotes: 0

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