ID: 40174 User updated by: sehh at altered dot com Reported By: sehh at altered dot com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Math related Operating System: Fedora Core Linux PHP Version: 5.2.0 New Comment:
I'm sorry, i dont understand why this isn't a bug, since both numbers are perfectly valid but still rejected by is_numeric. I went through the documentation but i can't find anything related to this issue. The docs say that is_numeric should allow an optional decimal part. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-01-19 17:14:04] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-01-19 17:07:21] sehh at altered dot com Description: ------------ The function is_numeric() fails when the input is a value with thousand and decimal separators. For example: 4.000,56 or 4,000.56. We had a short discussion about this in #php irc channel and found out the following: "4,000.56" = is USA notation "4.000,56" = is European notation They are perfectly valid numeric values, used in currency/weight/cubic centimeters/etc. Suggested solutions: 1) Both notations should be accepted. 2) Only one notation should be accepted and PHP will decide which one, based on the Locale of the server/setup. Any other suggestion is welcome. Reproduce code: --------------- Reproduction code: <?php $dolars = "4,000.56"; $euros = "4.000,56"; $rc = is_numeric($dolars); var_dump($rc); $rc = is_numeric($euros); var_dump($rc); ?> Expected result: ---------------- is_numeric should have returned TRUE in both cases. Actual result: -------------- is_numeric returns false for both. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40174&edit=1
