PHP number: decimal point visible only if needed

Question

I\'d like to know if exists some function to automatically format a number by it\'s decimal, so if I have:

Answer 1

Actually I think the cleanest way I can think of to do this for someone that just did a search looking for this sort of thing is to do this:

( number_format ($sql_result["col_number"], 2) * 100 ) / 100;

Answer 2

If you are targeting US currency I like to use this method:

function moneyform($number, $symbol = true) {
    return str_replace(".00", "", money_format(($symbol? '%.2n' : "%!n"), $number));
}

moneyform(1300999);
-->$1,300,999

moneyform(2500.99);
-->$2,500.99

moneyform(2500.99, false);
-->2,500.99

Answer 3

Since I could not find a flexible solution I wrote a simple function to get the best result:

function getValueFormattedWithMinimalDecimals($value, $max_decimals = 2, $dec_point = ',', $thousands_sep = '') {
    $bestNumberOfDecimals = -1;
    $decimal = 0;
    while ($decimal <= $max_decimals) {
        $bestNumberOfDecimals = $decimal;
        $valueDecimals = number_format($value, $decimal);
        if (floatval($value) == $valueDecimals) {
            break;
        }
        $decimal++;
    }
    if($bestNumberOfDecimals > 0 && number_format($value, $bestNumberOfDecimals) == number_format($value, 0)) {
        $bestNumberOfDecimals = 0;
    }

    return number_format($value, $bestNumberOfDecimals, $dec_point, $thousands_sep);
}

Answer 4

What about

number_format($value,2) - 0;

Answer 5

I've been accused of doing something like this:

 floatval($foo) == intval($foo) ? number_format($foo) : number_format($foo,2);

Answer 6

Mine since most quantity or pieces do not require decimal, this function will only show decimal when needed.

str_replace(".00", "", number_format($this->pieces, 2));