String Functions in PHP: Part 11

Introduction

In this article I describe the PHP string functions number_format, ord and parse_str. To learn some other math functions, go to:

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

ord(string)

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

parse_str(string,array)

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