Re: number_format

On Dec 19, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Robert Cummings wrote: > On 11-12-19 11:08 AM, Bastien Koert wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Floyd Resler<fresler@adex-intl.com> wrote: >>> In the previous version of PHP we were using, I could pass a string to number_format >>> and it would just change it to a 0 without complaint. With 5.3.6 I get an "expects >>> double" error. I don't suppose there's a way to make it work like it used to??? >>> I'm dealing with really old code that wasn't very well structured. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Floyd >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >> >> >> Could you check it before formatting? Or if the data is coming from >> the db, force it to 0 if null? >> >> $var = (is_double($number_var)) ? $number_var : 0; > > Or possibly: > > <?php > > number_format( (float)$your_input, 2 ); > > ?> > > Cheers, > Rob. > That worked beautifully! Thanks! Floyd