Show a number to 2 decimal places

Question

What's the correct way to round a PHP string to 2 decimal places?

$number = "520"; // It's a string from a DB

$formatted_number = round_to_2dp($number);

echo $formatted_number;

The output should be 520.00;

How should the round_to_2dp() function definition be?

Answer 1

Use round() (use if you are expecting number in float format only, else use number_format() as answer given by Codemwnci ):

echo round(520.34345,2);    // 520.34

echo round(520, 2);         // 520

From the manual:

Description:

float round ( float $val [, int $precision = 0 [, int $mode = PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP ]] );

Returns the rounded value of val to specified precision (number of digits after the decimal point). precision can also be negative or zero (default).

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Example #1 round() examples

<?php
echo round(3.4);         // 3
echo round(3.5);         // 4
echo round(3.6);         // 4
echo round(3.6, 0);      // 4
echo round(1.95583, 2);  // 1.96
echo round(1241757, -3); // 1242000
echo round(5.045, 2);    // 5.05
echo round(5.055, 2);    // 5.06
?>

Example #2 mode examples

<?php
echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP);   // 10
echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // 9
echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // 10
echo round(9.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD);  // 9

echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP);   // 9
echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN); // 8
echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN); // 8
echo round(8.5, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD);  // 9
?>

Answer 2

You can use PHP round() function.

echo round(3.4);         // 3
echo round(3.5);         // 4
echo round(3.6);         // 4
echo round(3.6, 0);      // 4
echo round(1.95583, 2);  // 1.96
echo round(1241757, -3); // 1242000
echo round(5.045, 2);    // 5.05
echo round(5.055, 2);    // 5.06

Answer 3

For conditional rounding off ie. show decimal where it's really needed otherwise whole number

123.56 => 12.56

123.00 => 123

$somenumber = 123.56;

$somenumber = round($somenumber,2);

if($somenumber == intval($somenumber))
{
    $somenumber = intval($somenumber);
}

echo $somenumber; // 123.56


$somenumber = 123.00;

$somenumber = round($somenumber,2);

if($somenumber == intval($somenumber))
{
    $somenumber = intval($somenumber);
}

echo $somenumber; // 123    

Answer 4

bcdiv($number, 1, 2) //2 varies for digits after decimal

This will display exactly two digits after decimal.

Advantage: If you want to display two digits after float value only and not for int then use this.

Answer 5

I make my own.

$decimals = 2;
$number = 221.12345;
$number = $number * pow(10,$decimals);
$number = intval($number);
$number = $number / pow(10,$decimals);

Answer 6

Here I getting 2 decimal after .(dot) using function..

function truncate_number( $number, $precision = 2) {
    // Zero causes issues, and no need to truncate
    if ( 0 == (int)$number ) {
        return $number;
    }
    // Are we negative?
    $negative = $number / abs($number);
    // Cast the number to a positive to solve rounding
    $number = abs($number);
    // Calculate precision number for dividing / multiplying
    $precision = pow(10, $precision);
    // Run the math, re-applying the negative value to ensure returns correctly negative / positive
    return floor( $number * $precision ) / $precision * $negative;
}

Results from the above function:

echo truncate_number(2.56789, 1); // 2.5
echo truncate_number(2.56789);    // 2.56
echo truncate_number(2.56789, 3); // 2.567

echo truncate_number(-2.56789, 1); // -2.5
echo truncate_number(-2.56789);    // -2.56
echo truncate_number(-2.56789, 3); // -2.567

New Correct Answer

Use the PHP native function bcdiv

echo bcdiv(2.56789, 1, 1);  // 2.5
echo bcdiv(2.56789, 1, 2);  // 2.56
echo bcdiv(2.56789, 1, 3);  // 2.567
echo bcdiv(-2.56789, 1, 1); // -2.5
echo bcdiv(-2.56789, 1, 2); // -2.56
echo bcdiv(-2.56789, 1, 3); // -2.567