Function: string_to_number()

function string_to_number(string $str, string $dec_point = ".", string $thousand_sep = ","): float|string|null;

Converts the string to number due to the specified settings.

Parameters

Name	Pass type	Value type	Default value	Description
$str	by value	string		The string to be converted.
$dec_point	by value	string	"."	The decimal separator.
$thousand_sep	by value	string	","	The thousand separator.

float|string|null

If the string is a vialid number, its numeric value is returned.

\Exception

It might throw the exception if the string is not a number

Oleg Schildt