public static function wordToNumber($word) { $str = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z]/", "", $word); $str = strtoupper($word); //---------------------------------------------------------- $newString = ""; //---------------------------------------------------------- for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($str); $i++) { $newString .= GenFun::charToAlphIndex($str[$i]); } //---------------------------------------------------------- return $newString; }