Re: [PHP2] ECHO Format

Try this instead, echo (number_format($Total, 2)); instead of what I said earlier echo (number_format($Total), 2); Andy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Ann Comito" <jacomito@sprintmail.com> To: "PHP List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 1:49 PM Subject: [PHP-GENERAL] [PHP2] ECHO Format > Hi, > I'm new to the list and to PHP, but this is an old question. I hope some > of you have good memories. > > The isp which hosts the site I am working on only has PHP ver 2 > installed. > > I have a variable $Total which is the sum of various prices. When I > display $Total using ECHO I get a lot of extra zeroes. For example, I > get 12345.0000000000 instead of 12345.00. > > How can I format the ECHO command to give me only 2 decimal places? > > I posted this question on the phpbuilder forum, but the only response I > got was to use printf instead of echo. Unfortunately, PHP 2 does not > have a printf function. Anyone remember back to PHP 2 and can answer > this? > Thanks, > Jo Ann > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >