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Use Google finance calculator to convert currency with PHP 7+
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convertCurrency.php
<?php
function convertCurrency(float $amount, string $from, string $to){
$data = file_get_contents("https://finance.google.com/finance/converter?a={$amount}&from={$from}&to={$to}");
preg_match("/<span class=bld>([0-9\.]+) " . $currency_to . "<\/span>/", $data, $matches);
return (float)$matches[1];
}
echo convertCurrency(10.00, "GBP", "USD");
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