Re: Is It Possible to Tell PHP To Output x Decimal Places Per Float?
| From: | Jaap van Ganswijk | Date: | Tue, 10 Jun 2003 06:16:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Is It Possible to Tell PHP To Output x Decimal Places Per Float? | ||
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At 2003-06-09 18:22 -0400, 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:
>
>$1.5
This should work:
printf("$%.2f",1.50);
and print:
$1.50
See:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.printf.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php
Greetings,
Jaap