Changing the float's comma into a point

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Hello!

I’ve been working on a external play test tool and have almost everything working, except sending floats to my database with the WWW function in Unity3D.

The problem is as following. This is the URL I managed to create:

http://somepage?playerName=Test2&playerIP=123.45.324.25&level=3&time=346,476

Notice the comma (,) at the last variable? URL’s dont get that. I need that comma to change into a point!

Anyone, please? (cookies?)

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Even this does not work:

time.ToString("#,##0.00");
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What’s the code you use to build that script?

Either it’s taking into account your local culture settings, or it’s something else in that script.

Regardless, you can have this as a bandaid workaround:

time.ToString().Replace(“,”, “.”);

EDIT: The other option is to URL-Encode your entire URL:

url.Replace(“,”, “%2C”);

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function Start () {
	var test : String = "Test, to see...";
	print (test);
	test = test.Replace (",", ".");
	print (test);
}

Edit : doubled-crossed while testing.

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First of all, your workaround works and you are awesome. Cookies at the bottom of this page.

The code to build my script? I have no clue, Unity3D does that for me and it’s all like magic to me :slight_smile: The part that builds the URL is as following:

string url = postURL + 
		"playerName=" + WWW.EscapeURL(playerName) + 
		"&playerIP=" + playerIP + 
		"&level=" + level +
		"&time=" + time.ToString().Replace(",", ".");;
		
		WWW post = new WWW(url);

And the float time is just a regular float…

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In order for floats to always use decimals, put this in a Start or Awake function:

System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");

–Eric

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Good call, Eric.

YES COOKIES

Meanwhile I thought you may have been referring to browser cookies (the web-developer in me I suppose).

Note that you have two semi-colons at the end of that URL; won’t break anything though.

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The browser would still make a comma of it, so that aint the solution :slight_smile:

This…

url.Replace(",", ".");

…does the job :slight_smile: Thanks again!

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Oh, I thought your issue was about the browser not accepting the comma in the URL, not that the server-side code doesn’t handle the comma properly. :smile:

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A PHP GET function can’t handle comma’s apparently. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

And damn guys, I’ve never had so many responsed in just a minute or 2. <3

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Sweet. Thanks :smile:

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PHP GET won’t handle commas even if you URL-Encode them? I have to see that to believe it!

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This is where the browser comes in; I’m using Chrome, which does all the URL decoding automatically - changing all encoded characters back to something the audience can read. So it makes a comma out of %2C. And obviously, I want all browsers to work ^^

That being said, there must be a difference between submitting encoded urls to any browser and chrome.