How to change 1,300.00 to 1300,00

Question

In my PHP outputs, number shows 1,234.56

How can I change this to 1234,56 or 1.234,56?

What is the American way and European way?

Does php work with American way?

Answer 1

Use number_format:

echo number_format($num, 2, ',', '.');

With the arguments being:

1. The number itself
2. Amount of decimal points
3. Separator of decimal points
4. Separator of thousands

The european way varies regionally and can be one of these:

• 123.456,50 (eg. German)
• 123,456.50 (eg. English)
• 123 456,50 (eg. French)
• 123'456,50 (eg. Swiss)

The american way is 123,456.50 and yes, all formats work. It doesn't matter how you output them, PHP handles floats internally in 123456.50 format.

Answer 2

You can get the formate details for the current locale using localeconv (http://uk2.php.net/localeconv):

<?php
if (false !== setlocale(LC_ALL, 'nl_NL.UTF-8@euro')) {
    $locale_info = localeconv();
    print_r($locale_info);
}
?>

Which will give something like:

Array
(
    [decimal_point] => .
    [thousands_sep] =>
    [int_curr_symbol] => EUR
    [currency_symbol] => €
    [mon_decimal_point] => ,
    [mon_thousands_sep] =>
    [positive_sign] =>
    [negative_sign] => -
    [int_frac_digits] => 2
    [frac_digits] => 2
    [p_cs_precedes] => 1
    [p_sep_by_space] => 1
    [n_cs_precedes] => 1
    [n_sep_by_space] => 1
    [p_sign_posn] => 1
    [n_sign_posn] => 2
    [grouping] => Array
        (
        )

    [mon_grouping] => Array
        (
            [0] => 3
            [1] => 3
        )

)

Answer 3

Why use Zend_Currency?

Zend_Currency offers the following functions for handling currency manipulations:

* Complete Locale support: Zend_Currency works with all available locales and therefore knows about over 100 different localized currencies. This includes currency names, abbreviations, money signs and more.
* Reusable Currency Definitions: Zend_Currency does not include the value of the currency. This is the reason why its functionality is not included in Zend_Locale_Format. Zend_Currency has the advantage that already defined currency representations can be reused.

* Fluent Interface: Zend_Currency includes fluent interfaces where possible.

* Additional Methods: Zend_Currency includes additional methods that offer information about which regions a currency is used in or which currency is used in a specified region.

 

// creates an instance with 'en_US' using 'USD', which is the default
// values for 'en_US'
$currency = new Zend_Currency('en_US');

// prints '$ 1,000.00'
echo $currency->toCurrency(1000);

It is not exactly what you asked for, you just have to find a proper locale.