change the decimal point

[angelsRock]

hi.. if the user enter 100000000 as the salary... how do i change that to become 100,000,000,000 ?

[kenrbnsn]

Use the function number_format()

 

Ken

[darkfreaks]

<?php
$number= number_format($number,',',3);?>

[cooldude832]

sprintf() is a more generalized formated string function if you are interested in a more generalized solution.

[darkfreaks]

number_format is more accurate

[cooldude832]

I didn't say accurate, I said generalized

[darkfreaks]

i know cool

 

i use printf for my calculator

[cooldude832]

actually sprintf would make more sense so you could get the $ in front also, but you can do that by hand

i.e

echo "$".$string;

[darkfreaks]

thats troo. just depends on how you code it

[darkfreaks]

i did something like printf('%_2f',$total); which output something like 100.29 instead of 100.292347949

[angelsRock]

great discussion above..haha

 

anyway problem.. hahahaha

 

echo $row[selling_price];

$row[selling_price]= number_format($row[selling_price],',',3);

 

echo $row[selling_price];

 

the above echo show value

but the later echo no...

 

error

Warning: Wrong parameter count for number_format()

 

[darkfreaks]

 

 

get rid of number format  and instead of echo use sprintf

 

 

<?php
sprintf('%000,3f');?>

[sasa]

try

<?php
$a = 10000000000;
echo number_format($a,',');
?>

[darkfreaks]

sasa that wont work for her! she needs to use sprintf

 

<?php
sprintf('%000,3f',$row[selling_price]);?>