Is there a funciton to parse strings?

[Kerudo 0]

For example the Integer.parse(String str), in java, which turns a string into a number. I can't seem to find one, so I'm wondering if there even is one.

[Petrucho 2]

im not sure if i understood you. something like this:

<?php$str = "hello world";$int_from_str = (int) $str;?>

[Jack McKalling 2]

What exactly do you want to do with the string? Almost everything you can think about to do with them, can be done in PHP :)Is sprintf() what you want? It formats any string to another string according to a pattern.Or do you mean changing the data type by settype()?

[Kerudo 0]

im not sure if i understood you. something like this:

<?php$str = "hello world";$int_from_str = (int) $str;?>

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Oh I didn't realize you can cast in PHP lol. Anyway what I mean is to convert a str to a literal integer. So for example:$str = "123";$num = somefunction($str); //parse the string literal into an integer.$num = 123

What exactly do you want to do with the string? Almost everything you can think about to do with them, can be done in PHP :)Is sprintf() what you want? It formats any string to another string according to a pattern.Or do you mean changing the data type by settype()?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'm not sure what this fuction does, I read the examples but did't really understand it heh.

[Jack McKalling 2]

I suppose settype() is what you're looking for.You want to change a "string" into an "integer". That would be:

settype($string, "integer");

(Nothing more nothing less )

[Kerudo 0]

I suppose settype() is what you're looking for.You want to change a "string" into an "integer". That would be:(Nothing more nothing less )

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sweet! Thanks Dan!I also found some code that someone wrote on the php.net website under the settype function. It converts strings to integers, but I'll use this 'official' function heh.