#8097 [Csd->Fbk]: printf() and float data vs.setlocale()

ID: 8097 Updated by: hholzgra@php.net Reported By: hh@loca.net -Status: Closed +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Strings related Operating System: Linux (SuSE 7.0) PHP Version: 4.0.3pl1 New Comment: Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-10-23 06:53:02] kaatz@wwe.biz This problem also exits in our application which runs on php-4.2.3. We use 'setlocale' there to handle gettext translations. With LC_ALL set by 'setlocale' all prices in the shopping basket and VAT calculations with floats are 'calculated wrong' Thanks for that hint. Juergen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-07-31 16:14:35] andy@php.net unable to reproduce with latest version of PHP, please upgrade and re-open if still a problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2000-12-04 13:08:55] hh@loca.net Changing the locale setting to a country that uses comma (,) as the decimal seperator will stip off decimal places from the float value in printf/sprintf. Example: MySQL table: create table test ( name varchar(100), value float(16,2) ); insert into test values ('bla', 3.789); PHP code: setlocale("LC_ALL", "de_DE"); // mysql_connect etc. $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); printf("%s: %.2f", $row["name"], $row["value"]); Result: bla: 3.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=8097&edit=1