Introduction
In this article I describe the PHP string functions number_format, ord and parse_str. To learn some other math functions, go to:
- String Functions in PHP: Part1
- String Functions in PHP:Part2
- String Functions in PHP:Part3
- String Functions in PHP:Part4
- String Functions in PHP:Part5
- String Functions in PHP:Part6
- String Functions in PHP:Part7
- String Functions in PHP:Part8
- String Functions in PHP:Part9
- String Functions in PHP:Part10
PHP number_format() Function
The PHP number_format function is used to set the format of numeric output.
Syntax
number_format (number,decimals,decimalpoint, separator) |
Parameter in number_format Function
The parameters of the money_format function are:
Parameter |
Description |
number |
It specifies the number to be formatted. |
decimals |
It sets the number of decimal points. |
decimalpoint |
It specifies what string is used for the decimal point. |
separator |
It sets the thousands separator. |
Example
An example of the number_format function is:
<?php
echo number_format("999999");
echo "<br />";
echo number_format("999999",2);
echo "<br />";
echo number_format("1000000",2,",",".");
?>
Output
PHP ord() Function
The PHP ord function returns the ASCII value of the first character of a string.
Syntax
Parameter in ord Function
The parameter of the ord function is:
Parameter |
Description |
string |
It specifies a string to get the ASCII value from |
Example
An example of the money_format function is:
<?php
echo ord("M")."</br>";
echo ord("MCN");
?>
Output
PHP parse_str() Function
The PHP parse_str function parses the string into a variable.
Syntax
Parameter in parse_str Function
The parameters of the parse_str function are:
Parameter |
Description |
string |
It specifies input string. |
array |
It specifies the name of the array to store the variable. |
Example
An example of the parse_str function is:
<?php
parse_str("Rank=1&compname=Mcn%20Solution",$ArrayVal);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($ArrayVal);
?>
Output