PHP convert decimal into fraction and back?
- by John Isaacks
I want the user to be able to type in a fraction like:
1/2
2 1/4
3
And convert it into its corresponding decimal, to be saved in MySQL, that way I can order by it and do other comparisons to it.
But I need to be able to convert the decimal back to a fraction when showing to the user
so basically i need a function that will convert fraction string to decimal:
fraction_to_decimal("2 1/4");// return 2.25
and a function that can convert a decimal to a faction string:
decimal_to_fraction(.5); // return "1/2"
How can I do this?
Thanks!
