[thelist] New to PHP - Code for calculations

Mike F lists at wirelust.com
Mon Aug 11 16:46:12 CDT 2003


If you want to get a little more advanced, you can use a webservice via 
PEAR or NuSOAP or whatever specific implementation you prefer...

Try http://www.atlaz.net/webservices.php which allows you to enter a 
number (the amount to be converted) and two currencies and returns the 
converted number.

Ken Wan wrote:

> Please help a PHP newbie. I don't have time to learn PHP but need to create
> a currency converter. I'd like to keep the calculation separate from the
> conversion rate, so that someone who is not web-savvy at all can go and edit
> the conversion value (variable in a file called conversion.php for example)
> and have it updated globally on a website. Only one conversion is required
> (i.e. from Canadian dollars to American).
> 
> What would I need to do?
> 
> Thanks
> Ken
> 



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