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<refentry xml:id="numberformatter.parse" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>NumberFormatter::parse</refname>
  <refname>numfmt_parse</refname>
  <refpurpose>Parse a number</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <para>
   &style.oop;
  </para>
  <methodsynopsis role="NumberFormatter">
   <modifier>public</modifier> <type class="union"><type>int</type><type>float</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>NumberFormatter::parse</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>type</parameter><initializer>NumberFormatter::TYPE_DOUBLE</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter role="reference">offset</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   &style.procedural;
  </para>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>int</type><type>float</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>numfmt_parse</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>NumberFormatter</type><parameter>formatter</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>type</parameter><initializer>NumberFormatter::TYPE_DOUBLE</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter role="reference">offset</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Parse a string into a number using the current formatter rules.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>formatter</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <classname>NumberFormatter</classname> object.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>string</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The string to parse for the number.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>type</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The
       <link linkend="intl.numberformatter-constants.types">
        formatting type</link> to use. By default,
       <constant>NumberFormatter::TYPE_DOUBLE</constant> is used.
       Note that <constant>NumberFormatter::TYPE_CURRENCY</constant> is not supported;
       use <methodname>NumberFormatter::parseCurrency</methodname> instead.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>offset</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Offset in the string at which to begin parsing. On return, this value
       will hold the offset at which parsing ended.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>


 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The value of the parsed number or &false; on error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <example>
   <title><function>numfmt_parse</function> example</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
$num = "1.234.567,891";
echo numfmt_parse($fmt, $num)."\n";
echo numfmt_parse($fmt, $num, NumberFormatter::TYPE_INT32)."\n";
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  <example>
   <title>OO example</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
$num = "1.234.567,891";
echo $fmt->parse($num)."\n";
echo $fmt->parse($num, NumberFormatter::TYPE_INT32)."\n";
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  &example.outputs;
  <screen>
<![CDATA[
1234567.891
1234567
]]>
  </screen>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>numfmt_get_error_code</function></member>
    <member><function>numfmt_format</function></member>
    <member><function>numfmt_parse_currency</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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