convert scientific notation to decimal with php

Question

math with bitcoin is giving me problems

        $value = bcmul((float)$TotalMoney, $p,8);
        $value = bcdiv((float)$Value, 100,8);

returns

Answer 1

Use the exemple below to convert Scientific Notation to float/decimal on PHP:

echo sprintf('%f', floatval('-1.0E-5'));//default 6 decimal places
echo sprintf('%.8f', floatval('-1.0E-5'));//force 8 decimal places
echo rtrim(sprintf('%f',floatval(-1.0E-5)),'0');//remove trailing zeros