Floatval - How to display 2 digits after decimal point

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November 12th, 2008, 09:19 AM

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Floatval - How to display 2 digits after decimal point

Hi all,
I'm not too expert in PHP. I've got a code in which it uses floatval. However with floatvalue it displayes only one digit after decimal if there is only one nonzero digit after it.
E.g.

£0.50 is displayed as £0.5 (incorrect 0 is missing)
£0.55 is displayed as £0.55 (correct if vboth digits are non zero after decimal)

Can anyone let me how to fix it quickly without going too deep into PHP programming?

Tx in advance.

November 12th, 2008, 09:30 AM

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take a look on number-format

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November 12th, 2008, 10:17 AM

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Tx buddy it worked

November 12th, 2008, 10:38 AM

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Or if you have PHP5 try money_format()

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November 13th, 2008, 06:58 PM

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number_format() is great for formatting, but could screw things up if your output isn't expecting a comma (like in an XML-driven chart.

Another alternative is to use:

PHP Code:


		
			
 $result=round(100*$number)/100

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number_format() is great for formatting, but could screw things up if your output isn't expecting a comma (like in an XML-driven chart.

Another alternative is to use:

PHP Code:


		
			
 $result=round(100*$number)/100

November 14th, 2008, 12:48 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BikeMaster

number_format() is great for formatting, but could screw things up if your output isn't expecting a comma (like in an XML-driven chart.

That's why there's the optional parameters on number_format. To make a purely numerical value you'd use:

Code:

$val = number_format ($val, 2, ".", "");

That adds in the decimal place, but removes the other separators for thousands, etc.

Floatval - How to display 2 digits after decimal point

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