PHP Equivalent of JavaScript whatever.toFixed(2)

[Ross McKay]

Folks, I need to take a given float value to, say, two decimals, as per
subject JS. I've RTFM, but to no avail.

$str = sprintf("%01.2f", $number);

Skinning cat, method two:

$str = number_format($number, 2);

[Jochem Maas]

Post by Ross McKay

Folks, I need to take a given float value to, say, two decimals, as per
subject JS. I've RTFM, but to no avail.

$str = sprintf("%01.2f", $number);

$str = number_format($number, 2);

watch out with number_format() it will format according to the current locale
unless you specify the decimal and thousands seperator char explicitly ... e.g.

english: 1,000.00
dutch: 1.000,00

[Nathan Rixham]

Post by Jochem Maas

Post by Ross McKay

Folks, I need to take a given float value to, say, two decimals, as per
subject JS. I've RTFM, but to no avail.

$str = sprintf("%01.2f", $number);

$str = number_format($number, 2);

watch out with number_format() it will format according to the current locale
unless you specify the decimal and thousands seperator char explicitly ... e.g.
english: 1,000.00
dutch: 1.000,00

maybe I'm reading this wrong but
http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.round.php

[Jochem Maas]

Post by Nathan Rixham

Post by Jochem Maas

Post by Ross McKay

Folks, I need to take a given float value to, say, two decimals, as per
subject JS. I've RTFM, but to no avail.

$str = sprintf("%01.2f", $number);

$str = number_format($number, 2);

watch out with number_format() it will format according to the current locale
unless you specify the decimal and thousands seperator char explicitly ... e.g.
english: 1,000.00
dutch: 1.000,00

maybe I'm reading this wrong but
http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.round.php

what about round(), what's the problem?