Req #53457 [Asn->Csd]: number_format must support more than one character for thousands separator

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53457&edit=1 ID: 53457 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: mbabuskov at yahoo dot com Summary: number_format must support more than one character for thousands separator -Status: Assigned +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Strings related Operating System: Any PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: aharvey Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This bug has been fixed in SVN. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Implemented on trunk. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-03 11:10:09] aharvey@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of aharvey Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=305937 Log: Implement FR #53457 (number_format must support more than one character for thousands separator). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-02 23:16:28] mbabuskov at yahoo dot com Description: ------------ 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: --------------- echo number_format(123456, 2, '.', ' '); Expected result: ---------------- 123 456.00 Actual result: -------------- 123&456.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53457&edit=1