Req #53457 [NEW]: number_format must support more than one character for thousands separator

From: Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:16:30 +0000
Subject: Req #53457 [NEW]: number_format must support more than one character for thousands separator
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Operating system: Any
PHP version:      Irrelevant
Package:          Strings related
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:number_format must support more than one character for thousands separator

Description:
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From the documentation for number_format function:

thousands_sep
    Sets the thousands separator.
    Only the first byte of thousands_sep is used. 

This makes it useless for any real world usage. The recommended HTML
character for thousands separator is half-space, or   which is 8
characters. Function is only usable for obsolete or archaic systems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_space
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousands_separator#Digit_grouping

Test script:
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echo number_format(123456, 2, '.', ' ');

Expected result:
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123 456.00

Actual result:
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123&456.00

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MySQL Configuration Error:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53457&r=mysqlcfg

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