To display numbers to end users, especially large numbers, you may need to format them to be more user friendly. For example, with a large integer 43386000.75, it is usually preferred to comma-separate every 3 digits to this:
43,386,000.75To format numbers this way in PHP, you need number_format() function:
print number_format(43386000.75); // prints '43,386,000.75'This is English notation of numbers with thousands separator. For French number notation:
print number_format(43386000, 2, ',', ' '); // prints '43 386 000,75'Deducing from the parameters used in the above example, we have the number_format() function synopsis:
string number_format ( float $number , int $decimals , string $dec_point , string $thousands_sep )
With number_format(), you can format any integer number of floating point number by thousands separator (which in most cases is a comma), decimal point (which usually is a period point), number of decimal digits after the decimal point.
You should also read:
- PHP: Convert between Numerical Bases | Binary Number, Decimal Number, Octal Number and Hexadecimal Number Conversions
- Regular Expressions for Natural Numbers or Positive Integers (1, 2, 3, …), Negative Integers and Non-negative Integers
- Regular Expression for Date and Time Strings
- PHP: Create an Array
- PHP: Find and Return the Minimum (Lowest) Value or Maximum (Highest) Value of Several Numbers
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how to make 0001 from 1 ? or from 94 to 0094 ? or like from 35.6 going tobe 0035.6 ?
$a=1;
$b=4;//4 digit max
ive my own function to create it, but some says its already build in php fucntion, what it is name?
@deviant_two,
You can surely try printf() or sprintf() to achieve that.
http://www.php.net/printf
http://www.php.net/sprintf
Dear sir / madam
I have need to convert number to words in php.
Like 123 to convert in word please sent me the ans.