John Davidson

Message:

sorry for a noob question but I am wondering if you could format strings in php with comma or dashes, something like this:

Ex. #1

Sample Input: 123456789

Formatted Output: 123,456,789 or 123-456-789

Ex. #2

Sample Input: 0123456789

Formatted Output: 012,3456,789 or 012-3456-789

If anyone could help me out, that would be appreciated.

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My Answer:
Yes, you can format integers or strings in PHP with commas or dashes using the number_format() function for integers and str_replace() function for strings.

For integers with commas:
php
$number = 1000000;
$formatted_number = number_format($number);
echo $formatted_number; // Output: 1,000,000


For strings with dashes:
php
$string = "hello world";
$formatted_string = str_replace(" ", "-", $string);
echo $formatted_string; // Output: hello-world