public static function parseFloat($floatString){ 
		    $LocaleInfo = localeconv(); 
		    $floatString = str_replace($LocaleInfo["mon_thousands_sep"] , "", $floatString); 
		    $floatString = str_replace($LocaleInfo["mon_decimal_point"] , ".", $floatString); 
		    return floatval($floatString); 
		}