public function convert_number_to_words($number)
	{

		$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 . $this->convert_number_to_words(abs($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 . $this->convert_number_to_words($remainder);
			}
			break;
			default:
			$baseUnit = pow(1000, floor(log($number, 1000)));
			$numBaseUnits = (int) ($number / $baseUnit);
			$remainder = $number % $baseUnit;
			$string = $this->convert_number_to_words($numBaseUnits) . ' ' . $dictionary[$baseUnit];
			if ($remainder) {
				$string .= $remainder < 100 ? $conjunction : $separator;
				$string .= $this->convert_number_to_words($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;
	}