tao-test/app/tao/helpers/class.Numeric.php

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<?php
/**
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; under version 2
* of the License (non-upgradable).
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*
* Copyright (c) 2008-2010 (original work) Deutsche Institut für Internationale Pädagogische Forschung (under the project TAO-TRANSFER);
* 2009-2012 (update and modification) Public Research Centre Henri Tudor (under the project TAO-SUSTAIN & TAO-DEV);
*
*/
/**
* Helper to process numeric input
*
* @access public
* @author Jehan Bihin
* @package tao
* @since 2.2
*/
class tao_helpers_Numeric
{
/**
* Converts a string to a float, in order to support negative values.
*
* @access public
* @author Jehan Bihin, <jehan.bihin@tudor.lu>
* @param string value
* @return float
*/
public static function parseFloat($value)
{
$returnValue = (float) 0.0;
$returnValue = str_replace(',', '.', $value);
$returnValue = preg_replace('/[^\-\d.]/', '', $returnValue);
return (float) $returnValue;
}
}