# String Manipulation in PHP

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [September 7, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/string-manipulation-in-php/199960 "2006-09-07T15:25:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![paxdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@paxdev](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paxdev)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/string-manipulation-in-php/199960/1 "2006-09-07T15:25:33Z")

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Hi,  
I have data like  
1.5oz  
2.25oz  
4lbs  
50lbs  
etc

I need only the integer part of the data to calculate the weight.  
How to do it?

Thanks