RE: [PHP3] formatting a double From: TomHenry (tom <email protected>)
Date: 04/30/00

Caution...

number_format() actually 'rounds' numbers.

the result of the example given will be "3.67"

At 01:02 PM 4/30/00 -0700, Mike Sheldon wrote:
>Use the number_format() function
>
>number_format(float $number[, int $decimal_places[, string
>$decimal_separator, string $thousands_separator]])
>
>So:
>
>number_format(3,666666667, 2, ",", ".")
>
>Would result in:
>
>3,66
>
>Michael J. Sheldon
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gurkan Nisanci [mailto:nisanci <email protected>]
>Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 12:15
>To: php3 <email protected>
>Subject: [PHP3] formatting a double
>
>
>I have a variable num1 and its value is 3,666666667.
>But I want to print it as 3,66 not 3,666666667.
>So how must I write the echo statement to format the double number?
>
>
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