Accepts 0.99, but not .99..why?

[wudz]

Hi,

I have just come across a problem.
If a person places .99 in the bid my script gives the $ERR_058.
I thought it would have been a valid input.
Works ok if they input 0.99, I would obviously prefer it to accept both types...Where have I gone wrong?

if (!checkmoney($bid)) {
include("header.php");
$TPL_errmsg = $ERR_058;
$bidH = $bid;
include("templates/template_bid_php.html");

include("footer.php");
exit;
}

Keep thinking I am getting there on the learning curve...

Cheers in anticipation

John

 

[spookie]

It seems that checkmoney() is the function which validates the user input. Can you post the function code?

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[jpadie]

cast the value to a float.

$bid ".99";
$bid = (float) $bid;