Show a number to two decimal places
Show a number to two decimal places
Question
What's the correct way to round a PHP string to two decimal places?
$number = "520"; // It's a string from a database
$formatted_number = round_to_2dp($number);
echo $formatted_number;
The output should be 520.00
;
How should the round_to_2dp()
function definition be?
Accepted Answer
You can use number_format():
return number_format((float)$number, 2, '.', '');
Example:
$foo = "105";
echo number_format((float)$foo, 2, '.', ''); // Outputs -> 105.00
This function returns a string.
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Use round()
(use if you are expecting a number in float format only, else use number_format() as an answer given by Codemwnci):
echo round(520.34345, 2); // 520.34
echo round(520.3, 2); // 520.3
echo round(520, 2); // 520
From the manual:
Description:
float round(float $val [, int $precision = 0 [, int $mode = PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP ]]);
Returns the rounded value of
val
to specifiedprecision
(number of digits after the decimal point).precision
can also be negative or zero (default).
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Example #1
round()
examples<?php echo round(3.4); // 3 echo round(3.5); // 4 echo round(3.6); // 4 echo round(3.6, 0); // 4 echo round(1.95583, 2); // 1.96 echo round(1241757, -3); // 1242000 echo round(5.045, 2); // 5.05 echo round(5.055, 2); // 5.06 ?>
Example #2 mode examples
<?php echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // 10 echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // 9 echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // 10 echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // 9 echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP); // 9 echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // 8 echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // 8 echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD); // 9 ?>
http://php.net/manual/en/function.round.php
e.g.
echo round(5.045, 2); // 5.05
echo round(5.055, 2); // 5.06
Try:
$number = 1234545454;
echo $english_format_number = number_format($number, 2);
The output will be:
1,234,545,454.00
You can use the PHP printf
or sprintf
functions:
Example with sprintf
:
$num = 2.12;
echo sprintf("%.3f", $num);
You can run the same without echo
as well. Example: sprintf("%.3f", $num);
Output:
2.120
Alternatively, with printf
:
echo printf("%.2f", $num);
Output:
2.124