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Add suffix to a number

Jun 1, 2010 PHP Coding, Technology

Have you ever had to dynamically add the suffix to a number? (ie. st, nd, rd, th)

<?php
function number_suffix($i) {
    switch( floor($i/10) % 10 ) {
        default:
	    switch( $i % 10 ) {
                case 1: return 'st';
                case 2: return 'nd';
                case 3: return 'rd';  
            }
        case 1:
    }
    return 'th';
}
?>

Then to use the code you would do like:

<?php
$number = 10;
// This will display 10th
echo $number,number_suffix($number);
?>

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