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Calculate Math Expression From A String Text With PHP

Amin Arjmand answered on April 5, 2022 Popularity 3/10 Helpfulness 4/10

answer Calculate Math Expression From A String Text With PHP

Calculate Math Expression From A String Text With PHP

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<?php
class Field_calculate {
    const PATTERN = '/(?:\-?\d+(?:\.?\d+)?[\+\-\*\/])+\-?\d+(?:\.?\d+)?/';

    const PARENTHESIS_DEPTH = 10;

    public function calculate($input){
        if(strpos($input, '+') != null || strpos($input, '-') != null || strpos($input, '/') != null || strpos($input, '*') != null){
            //  Remove white spaces and invalid math chars
            $input = str_replace(',', '.', $input);
            $input = str_replace(' ', '', $input);
            $input = preg_replace('[^0-9\.\+\-\*\/\(\)]', '', $input);

            //  Calculate each of the parenthesis from the top
            $i = 0;
            while(strpos($input, '(') || strpos($input, ')')){
                $input = preg_replace_callback('/\(([^\(\)]+)\)/', 'self::callback', $input);

                $i++;
                if($i > self::PARENTHESIS_DEPTH){
                    break;
                }
            }

            //  Calculate the result
            if(preg_match(self::PATTERN, $input, $match)){
                return $this->compute($match[0]);
            }
            // To handle the special case of expressions surrounded by global parenthesis like "(1+1)"
            if(is_numeric($input)){
                return $input;
            }

            return 0;
        }

        return $input;
    }

    private function compute($input){
        $compute = create_function('', 'return '.$input.';');

        return 0 + $compute();
    }

    private function callback($input){
        if(is_numeric($input[1])){
            return $input[1];
        }
        elseif(preg_match(self::PATTERN, $input[1], $match)){
            return $this->compute($match[0]);
        }

        return 0;
    }
}
$Cal = new Field_calculate();
$xyz='(100 * 25000) + (250 * 25000) + ((500/100) * 25000)';
$result = $Cal->calculate($xyz);
echo $result;

?>

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