Check out the php function number_format($field,0) Gary Every Sr. UNIX Administrator Ingram Entertainment (615) 287-4876 "Pay It Forward" mailto:gary.every@ingramentertainment.com http://accessingram.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Mach [mailto:cjmach@gto.net] > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:43 AM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: commas > > > Is there a function that will strip or add commas? > > I'm trying to do calculations with attendance numbers of > football games... > for example: 33,153 > > right now I don't have a comma for the numbers in the > database. So the above > example is 33153 in my database. If I put the comma in, when > I try to do > calculations with php it sees it as 33 instead of 33,153. > > So is there a way to add that comma afterwards? Perhaps a > string function at > will put the comma in after the first 3 characters? > > Thanks > > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >