You could use exec() but that's not good practice due to the security implications. I'd extract the two numbers using explode() on the / and then just use the division operator. Edward > -----Original Message----- > From: Merlin [mailto:ngroups@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 08 January 2007 10:22 > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: computing 60/10 - how to? > > > Hi there, > > I do have a text value inside a variable: exif[FNumber] = 56/10 which I > would like to save as a float value: 5,6 into a database. > > How can I compute this 56/10? I tried things like calculate() or math() > but did not find the propper function to do this. > > Can anybody help, please? > > Thank you in advance, > > Merlin > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
