Thanks to all who responded. I did managed to write a working function last night, but I've now dropped that one in favour of the sprintf() function. Cheers George > -----Original Message----- > From: re_action [mailto:re_action@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 3 December 2004 5:28 pm > To: George Pitcher > Cc: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: displaying neat and tidy currency notation? > > > Hello George, > > Try something like this: > $var = '25.5'; > $var = sprintf("%.2f", $var); > echo $var; > > GP> Hi, > > GP> I want to be able to display the results of some calculations > as currency > GP> such as £25.50, but round($var,2) produces £25.5. > > GP> I've tried writing my own function but that just fouled up > the calculation. > > GP> Any tips or suggestions? > > GP> Cheers > > GP> George in Oxford > > > > > -- > Best regards, > re_action mailto:re_action@xxxxxxxxxx > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php