form data error checking problem...

[admoore]

I have a form that hands data to a php file for the purpose of writing a transaction to a mysql database- The problem is fixing the user-entered data from the form, specifically:

numeric amounts representing dollars and cents are entered into a form...

1000 entered works fine...
1000.10 entered works fine
1,000.1 causes an improper value


how can I easily handle the various formats a user might enter reliably???

TIA,

-Allen M.

 

[jpadie]

try using str_replace to get rid of commas. this would not then support the number type 1.000,00 which is common in europe.