Re: Is It Possible to Tell PHP To Output x Decimal Places Per Float?
| From: | Lars Torben Wilson | Date: | Mon, 09 Jun 2003 22:46:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Is It Possible to Tell PHP To Output x Decimal Places Per Float? | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 15:22, Dan Anderson wrote:
> Is it possible to tell PHP when converting a number to a string (i.e. in
> an echo or print command) to use x decimal places?
>
> Specifically, if I
>
> <?php
> echo '$' . $some_price;
> ?>
>
> And some_price is $1.50, it outputs:
>
> $1.5
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dan
http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/function.number-format.php
...i.e.:
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$someValue = 1.50;
echo '$' . number_format($someValue, 2) . "\n"
?>
Hope this helps,
Torben
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