Ok, here’s the code for the function to convert “numeric words” (e.g. “one”, “seventeen”, “four thousand and ninety six”) to numbers, and the link for the page to test it:
http://www.geekcavecreations.com/lToN.php
And the code:
function convert_lToN($in){
  global $addCollumn;
  if (empty($in)) return $in;
  $numberWords = array(
                          "zero"      => 0,
                          "one"       => 1,
                          "two"       => 2,
                          "three"     => 3,
                          "four"      => 4,
                          "five"      => 5,
                          "six"       => 6,
                          "seven"     => 7,
                          "eight"     => 8,
                          "nine"      => 9,
                          "ten"       => 10,
                          "eleven"    => 11,
                          "twelve"    => 12,
                          "thirteen"  => 13,
                          "fourteen"  => 14,
                          "fifteen"   => 15,
                          "sixteen"   => 16,
                          "seventeen" => 17,
                          "eighteen"  => 18,
                          "nineteen"  => 19,
                          "twenty"    => 20,
                          "thirty"    => 30,
                          "forty"     => 40,
                          "fifty"     => 50,
                          "sixty"     => 60,
                          "seventy"   => 70,
                          "eighty"    => 80,
                          "ninety"    => 90,
                          "hundred"   => 100,
                          "thousand"  => 1000,
                          "million"  => 1000000,
                          "billion"  => 1000000000,
                          "and"       => 0
                          );
  $wordList = explode(" ", $in);
  $out = "";
  $myNumber = 0;
  $outArray = array();
  $lastComma = 0;
  foreach ($wordList as $index => $word) {
    $test = strtolower(rtrim($word,",.?!"));
    if (!array_key_exists($test, $numberWords)) {
      $outArray[] = $word;
      continue;
    }
    if ($test == "billion") {
      $acCount = count($addCollumn) - 1;
      $tmpTotal = 0;
      for($n = $lastComma; $n <= $acCount;$n++) {
        $tmpAdd = $addCollumn[$n];
        $addCollumn[$n] = 0;
        $tmpTotal += $tmpAdd;
      }
      $addCollumn[] = 0;
      $lastComma = $n + 1;
      continue;
    }
    if ($test == "million") {
      $acCount = count($addCollumn) - 1;
      $tmpTotal = 0;
      for($n = $lastComma; $n <= $acCount;$n++) {
        $tmpAdd = $addCollumn[$n];
        $addCollumn[$n] = 0;
        $tmpTotal += $tmpAdd;
      }
      $addCollumn[$acCount] = $tmpTotal * 1000000;
      $addCollumn[] = 0;
      $lastComma = $n + 1;
      continue;
    }
    if ($test == "thousand") {
      $acCount = count($addCollumn) - 1;
      $tmpTotal = 0;
      for($n = $lastComma; $n <= $acCount;$n++) {
        $tmpAdd = $addCollumn[$n];
        $addCollumn[$n] = 0;
        $tmpTotal += $tmpAdd;
      }
      $addCollumn[$acCount] = $tmpTotal * 1000;
      $addCollumn[] = 0;
      $lastComma = $n + 1;
      continue;
    }
    if ($test == "hundred") {
      $acCount = count($addCollumn);
      $addCollumn[$acCount - 1] *= 100;
      $addCollumn[] = 0;
      continue;
    }
    $addCollumn[] = $numberWords[$test];
    $outArray[] = "ph";
  }
  $total = 0;
  foreach ($addCollumn as $num) {
    $total += $num;
  }
  $total = number_format($total);
  $phFound = false;
  foreach ($outArray as $place) {
    if ($place == "ph") {
      if ($phFound) continue;
      $phFound = true;
      $out .= " $total";
      continue;
    }
    $out .= " $place";
  }
  return ltrim($out);
} 
Again, I don’t think it will handle multiple instances of number words, nor will it process things like “999 billion”, but the core functionality works as intended.

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