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number_format

Format a number in a thousand separator
Name:number_format
Category:String
Programming Language:php
One-line Description:Format numbers in thousands of groups.

Example

Example 1

Format numbers:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">number_format</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"5000000"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">number_format</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"5000000"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">2</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">number_format</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"5000000"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">2</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">","</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"."</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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Example 2

You want to return a price: One parameter will round the number (formatted with no decimal places), and two parameters give the result you want:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$num</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token number">4999.9</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token variable">$formattedNum</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token function">number_format</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$num</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token variable">$formattedNum</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token variable">$formattedNum</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token function">number_format</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$num</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">2</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token variable">$formattedNum</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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