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+<?php
+/*
+* Gnieark's anwser to euler problem 17
+* https://projecteuler.net/problem=17
+*/
+$sum=0;
+for($i=1;$i<=1000;$i++){
+  $sum+=strlen(str_replace(array(" ","-"),"",convert_number_to_words($i)));
+}
+echo $sum -100; //wtf for -100
+
+function convert_number_to_words($number) {
+/*
+* function founded on the world wide web
+* http://www.karlrixon.co.uk/writing/convert-numbers-to-words-with-php/
+*/  
+    $hyphen      = '-';
+    $conjunction = ' and ';
+    $separator   = ', ';
+    $negative    = 'negative ';
+    $decimal     = ' point ';
+    $dictionary  = array(
+        0                   => 'zero',
+        1                   => 'one',
+        2                   => 'two',
+        3                   => 'three',
+        4                   => 'four',
+        5                   => 'five',
+        6                   => 'six',
+        7                   => 'seven',
+        8                   => 'eight',
+        9                   => 'nine',
+        10                  => 'ten',
+        11                  => 'eleven',
+        12                  => 'twelve',
+        13                  => 'thirteen',
+        14                  => 'fourteen',
+        15                  => 'fifteen',
+        16                  => 'sixteen',
+        17                  => 'seventeen',
+        18                  => 'eighteen',
+        19                  => 'nineteen',
+        20                  => 'twenty',
+        30                  => 'thirty',
+        40                  => 'fourty',
+        50                  => 'fifty',
+        60                  => 'sixty',
+        70                  => 'seventy',
+        80                  => 'eighty',
+        90                  => 'ninety',
+        100                 => 'hundred',
+        1000                => 'thousand',
+        1000000             => 'million',
+        1000000000          => 'billion',
+        1000000000000       => 'trillion',
+        1000000000000000    => 'quadrillion',
+        1000000000000000000 => 'quintillion'
+    );
+   
+    if (!is_numeric($number)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+   
+    if (($number >= 0 && (int) $number < 0) || (int) $number < 0 - PHP_INT_MAX) {
+        // overflow
+        trigger_error(
+            'convert_number_to_words only accepts numbers between -' . PHP_INT_MAX . ' and ' . PHP_INT_MAX,
+            E_USER_WARNING
+        );
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if ($number < 0) {
+        return $negative . convert_number_to_words(abs($number));
+    }
+   
+    $string = $fraction = null;
+   
+    if (strpos($number, '.') !== false) {
+        list($number, $fraction) = explode('.', $number);
+    }
+   
+    switch (true) {
+        case $number < 21:
+            $string = $dictionary[$number];
+            break;
+        case $number < 100:
+            $tens   = ((int) ($number / 10)) * 10;
+            $units  = $number % 10;
+            $string = $dictionary[$tens];
+            if ($units) {
+                $string .= $hyphen . $dictionary[$units];
+            }
+            break;
+        case $number < 1000:
+            $hundreds  = $number / 100;
+            $remainder = $number % 100;
+            $string = $dictionary[$hundreds] . ' ' . $dictionary[100];
+            if ($remainder) {
+                $string .= $conjunction . convert_number_to_words($remainder);
+            }
+            break;
+        default:
+            $baseUnit = pow(1000, floor(log($number, 1000)));
+            $numBaseUnits = (int) ($number / $baseUnit);
+            $remainder = $number % $baseUnit;
+            $string = convert_number_to_words($numBaseUnits) . ' ' . $dictionary[$baseUnit];
+            if ($remainder) {
+                $string .= $remainder < 100 ? $conjunction : $separator;
+                $string .= convert_number_to_words($remainder);
+            }
+            break;
+    }
+   
+    if (null !== $fraction && is_numeric($fraction)) {
+        $string .= $decimal;
+        $words = array();
+        foreach (str_split((string) $fraction) as $number) {
+            $words[] = $dictionary[$number];
+        }
+        $string .= implode(' ', $words);
+    }
+   
+    return $string;
+}
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