note 87381 added to function.number-format

Simple function to show money as only dollars if no cents, but will show 2 decimals if cents exist. The 'cents' flag can force to never or always show 2 decimals <?php // formats money to a whole number or with 2 decimals; includes a dollar sign in front function formatMoney($number, $cents = 1) { // cents: 0=never, 1=if needed, 2=always if (is_numeric($number)) { // a number if (!$number) { // zero $money = ($cents == 2 ? '0.00' : '0'); // output zero } else { // value if (floor($number) == $number) { // whole number $money = number_format($number, ($cents == 2 ? 2 : 0)); // format } else { // cents $money = number_format(round($number, 2), ($cents == 0 ? 0 : 2)); // format } // integer or decimal } // value return '$'.$money; } // numeric } // formatMoney $a = array(1, 1234, 1.5, 1.234, 2.345, 2.001, 2.100, '1.000', '1.2345', '12345', 0, '0.00'); // show cents if needed ($cents=1) foreach ($a as $b) echo ('<br />'.$b.' = '.formatMoney($b, 1)); 1 = $1 1234 = $1,234 1.5 = $1.50 1.234 = $1.23 2.345 = $2.35 2.001 = $2.00 2.1 = $2.10 1.000 = $1 1.2345 = $1.23 12345 = $12,345 0 = $0 0.00 = $0 // never show cents ($cents=0) foreach ($a as $b) echo ('<br />'.$b.' = '.formatMoney($b, 0)); 1 = $1 1234 = $1,234 1.5 = $2 1.234 = $1 2.345 = $2 2.001 = $2 2.1 = $2 1.000 = $1 1.2345 = $1 12345 = $12,345 0 = $0 0.00 = $0 // always show cents ($cents=2) foreach ($a as $b) echo ('<br />'.$b.' = '.formatMoney($b, 2)); 1 = $1.00 1234 = $1,234.00 1.5 = $1.50 1.234 = $1.23 2.345 = $2.35 2.001 = $2.00 2.1 = $2.10 1.000 = $1.00 1.2345 = $1.23 12345 = $12,345.00 0 = $0.00 0.00 = $0.00 ?> Cheers :) And remember to always contribute custom functions if they might be useful to the rest of us or future versions of the php language. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 76.245.125.170 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.number-format.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/87381 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87381/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87381/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87381/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87381/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87381/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87381/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87381 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/87381 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php