Convert exponential number to decimal in php

Question

I have a floating point number in exponential format i.e. 4.1595246940817E-17 and I want to convert it into decimal number like 2.99 etc.

Any help will

Answer 1

Using the BC Math library you can bcscale() the numbers to a predetermined decimal, which sets the parameter for future calculations that require arithmetic precision.

bcscale(3);
echo bcdiv('105', '6.55957'); // 16.007