Programming PHP, 3rd Edition

Name

money_format

Synopsis

string money_format(string format, float number)

Formats number using the values in format as a monetary value and returns the result. The format string begins with a percent sign (%) and consists of the following elements, in order. Except for the conversion character, the specifiers are all optional.

One or more flags as shown below:

= f	An equals sign followed by a character to be used as the fill character; defaults to the space character.
^	If present, disables the use of grouping characters (for example, 1000 instead of 1,000) as defined by the locale.
+	If present, positive numbers are prefaced with +.
!	If present, the currency symbol is not put in the resulting string.
-	If present, all fields are left-justified and padded to the right with the fill character. By default, fields are right-justified and padded to the left with the fill character.
w	A number indicating the minimum field width. The resulting number is padded to at least this many characters; the default is 0.
#n	A number sign (#) followed by the maximum number of digits to put on the left side of the decimal.
.p	A period (.) followed by the number of digits (p) to put on the right side of the decimal.
i	If specified, the number is formatted according to the locale’s international currency format (for example, USD 1,234.56).
n	If specified, the number is formatted according to the locale’s local currency format (for example, $1234.56).
%	Formats the result as a percentage, inserting a percentage (%) character ...