1'st' 2'nd 3'rd' etc

[Taylor_1978]

I've searched PHP and it's more than likely a simple solution I just can't find. How do I turn a variable of 1 to 1st, 2 to 2nd etc...

Thanks in advance!

[CFMaBiSmAd]

You can use the date() function with the "S" format parameter for 1-31. Beyond that you would need to create your own function.

[felgall]

switch(day) {
1: 21: 31: day.='st'; break;
2: 22: day.='nd'; break;
3: 23: day.='rd'; break;
default: day.='th';
}

[gsnedders]

Both those assume it's a date, here's one that doesn't:

PHP Code:

function nth($in) 
{ 
if(strlen($in)>1 && substr($in,-2,1)==1) 
return $in."th"; 
switch(substr($in,-1,1)) 
{ 
case 1: 
return $in."st"; 
case 2: 
return $in."nd"; 
case 3: 
return $in."rd"; 
default: 
return $in."th"; 
} 
}