PHP float with 2 decimal places: .00

Question

When I do this typecasting:

(float) \'0.00\';

I get 0. How do I get 0.00 and still have the data type as a float?

Answer 1

You can show float numbers

• with a certain number of decimals
• with a certain format (localised)

i.e.

$myNonFormatedFloat = 5678.9

$myGermanNumber = number_format($myNonFormatedFloat, 2, ',', '.'); // -> 5.678,90

$myAngloSaxonianNumber = number_format($myNonFormatedFloat, 2, '.', ','); // -> 5,678.90 

Note that, the

1st argument is the float number you would like to format

2nd argument is the number of decimals

3rd argument is the character used to visually separate the decimals

4th argument is the character used to visually separate thousands