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Convert Number To Word For Nigerian Currency
function convertNumberToWordsForNigeria($number){
/*
SOURCE: https://gist.github.com/hay-wire/97486dba296cd78ac7ba
*/
//A function to convert numbers into Indian readable words with Cores, Lakhs and Thousands.
$words = array(
'0'=> '' ,'1'=> 'one' ,'2'=> 'two' ,'3' => 'three','4' => 'four','5' => 'five',
'6' => 'six','7' => 'seven','8' => 'eight','9' => 'nine','10' => 'ten',
'11' => 'eleven','12' => 'twelve','13' => 'thirteen','14' => 'fouteen','15' => 'fifteen',
'16' => 'sixteen','17' => 'seventeen','18' => 'eighteen','19' => 'nineteen','20' => 'twenty',
'30' => 'thirty','40' => 'fourty','50' => 'fifty','60' => 'sixty','70' => 'seventy',
'80' => 'eighty','90' => 'ninty');
//First find the length of the number
$number_length = strlen($number);
//Initialize an empty array
$number_array = array(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0);
$received_number_array = array();
//Store all received numbers into an array
for($i=0;$i<$number_length;$i++){
$received_number_array[$i] = substr($number,$i,1);
}
//Populate the empty array with the numbers received - most critical operation
for($i=9-$number_length,$j=0;$i<9;$i++,$j++){
$number_array[$i] = $received_number_array[$j];
}
$number_to_words_string = "";
//Finding out whether it is teen ? and then multiply by 10, example 17 is seventeen, so if 1 is preceeded with 7 multiply 1 by 10 and add 7 to it.
for($i=0,$j=1;$i<9;$i++,$j++){
//"01,23,45,6,78"
//"00,10,06,7,42"
//"00,01,90,0,00"
if($i==0 || $i==2 || $i==4 || $i==7){
if($number_array[$j]==0 || $number_array[$i] == "1"){
$number_array[$j] = intval($number_array[$i])*10+$number_array[$j];
$number_array[$i] = 0;
}
}
}
$value = "";
for($i=0;$i<9;$i++){
if($i==0 || $i==2 || $i==4 || $i==7){
$value = $number_array[$i]*10;
}
else{
$value = $number_array[$i];
}
if($value!=0) { $number_to_words_string.= $words["$value"]." "; }
if($i==1 && $value!=0){ $number_to_words_string.= "Million "; }
if($i==3 && $value!=0){ $number_to_words_string.= "Hundred Thousand "; }
if($i==5 && $value!=0){ $number_to_words_string.= "Thousand "; }
if($i==6 && $value!=0){ $number_to_words_string.= "Hundred "; }
}
if($number_length>9){ $number_to_words_string = "Sorry This does not support more than 99 Million Naira"; }
return ucwords(strtolower($number_to_words_string) . "Naira" . " Only.");
}
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