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Convert string value with commas into a float
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String to Float.php
$val = "1,234,988.56";
$num = floatval(str_replace(",","",$val));
echo $num;
// returns - 1234988.56
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In case of the format "1.234.988,56", you can use (float) str_replace(['.', ','], ['', '.'], $value);.

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