RE: [SMARTY] problem displaying float

> > The following code: > > > > $fee = 160.44; > > $fee2 = $fee + 0; // I have a reason for adding zero; > > echo $fee."<br>"; > > echo $fee2."<br>"; > > settype($fee, "float"); > > echo gettype($fee); > > > > I'd be more interested to know what gettype shows before the settype, > and also for gettype($fee2). > > > [...] > > and > > > > 160.44 > > 160 > > NULL > > > > when echo'd on a page using a Smarty template. > > > > What does your Smarty template look like? Where are you doing the > "maths" (the +0 bit) - within the template? > > I'm really not clear what you're assigning to the template, or how > you're showing it. > Mark, gettype($fee) before settype() gave me 'object'. I'm doing all this in the php and sending it to the template using echo. Initially I was sending to the template with a $smarty->assign('variable', sprintf("%01.2f",$fee2)); Hope trhat's a bit clearer. George