Question

I am trying to echo an array as a price in php, if the price is for example £2.55 is comes up as £2.55, if it is £2.50 is comes up as £2.5 , how can I get it to add the zero on the end ?.

My Mysql DB field is currently set to decimal(10,2)
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<?php 
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM hqfjt_chronoforms_data_dashboard WHERE cf_id =    '1'") or die(mysql_error());
$oilprice = mysql_fetch_object($query);
 $oilpricegasoil = $oilprice->oilpricegasoil;
 $oilpricederv = $oilprice->oilpricederv;
$oilpricekero = $oilprice->oilpricekero;
?>



<tr><?php $gasoilprice = $oilpricegasoil + $row->gasoilmargin;
              $dervprice = $oilpricederv + $row->dervmargin;
              $keroprice = $oilpricekero + $row->keromargin;?>

        <td><?php echo $row->leadname; ?></td>
        <td><?php  echo $row->businessname; ?></td>
        <td><?php  echo $row->postcode; ?></td>
        <td><?php  echo $row->gasoiluser; ?></td>
        <td><?php  echo $row->dervuser; ?></td>
        <td><?php  echo $row->kerouser; ?></td>
        <td><?php echo '£'; echo $gasoilprice; ?></td>
        <td><?php echo '£'; echo $dervprice; ?></td>
        <td><?php echo '£'; echo $keroprice; ?></td>

Answer 1

Simple formatting

Try the number_format function:

<?php
  $test = 2.50;
  echo "£", number_format($test, 2); // 2 decimal places
?>

£2.50

• http://codepad.org/opf0j6kV

Be careful because this will round .005 to the next highest cent, which isn’t always what you want:

• http://codepad.org/IQvYDXnE

If you need different rounding, try using:

• round()
• ceil()
• floor()

Money formatting

You could also try the money_format function, though you’ll need to make sure your locale is set correctly for it to work.

money_format('%.2n', $number); // 2 decimal points, with national currency symbol

Use a function

Either way, I recommend you push the conversion into a function, so you can reuse it throughout your code and don’t have to repeat your number formatting:

function toCurrency($number)
{
  return '£' . number_format($number, 2);
}

// ...

<td><?php echo toCurrency($gasoilprice); ?></td>
<td><?php echo toCurrency($dervprice); ?></td>
<td><?php echo toCurrency($keroprice); ?></td>