[PHP] Re: problem with currency signs

2006-01-10 Thread Satyam
Instead of using arbitrary numbers for currencies, use the ISO standard 3 letter codes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217 The currency symbol by itself does not identify the currency. Many countries use the $ sign to represent whatever their currency might be so that by itself says very l

[PHP] Re: problem with currency signs

2006-01-09 Thread Serdar Soydemir
Hi Angelo, You may create a separate table called "currencies" and put two fields like "currency_id" and "currency_desc" in it. Insert all the currencies you're using to this table. At the end, you'll have a currency_id for each of your currencies. Now, you can use those ID numbers in your for