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You can use sprintf (<a href="http://it.php.net/sprintf" rel="ugc">http://it.php.net/sprintf</a>):<br />
<br />
&lt;?php<br />
$string = '1';<br />
$string = sprintf('%.2f', $string);<br />
echo $string;<br />
?&gt;<br />
<br />
Output: 1.00<br />
<br />
Cheers
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You can use sprintf (http://it.php.net/sprintf [http://it.php.net/sprintf]):

<?php
$string = '1';
$string = sprintf('%.2f', $string);
echo $string;
?>

Output: 1.00

Cheers

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Try the following function (improved):<br />

<pre><code id="code-8148684">function toNumber ($string, $decimal = 0) { 
    $decimal = (int)$decimal; 
    if (!is_numeric($string)) 
        return 0; 
    $formatted = sprintf('%01.'.$decimal.'f', $string); 
    if ($decimal &gt; 0) 
        return (double)$formatted; 
    else 
        return (int)$formatted; 
}</code></pre>
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Try the following function (improved):


function toNumber ($string, $decimal = 0) { 
    $decimal = (int)$decimal; 
    if (!is_numeric($string)) 
        return 0; 
    $formatted = sprintf('%01.'.$decimal.'f', $string); 
    if ($decimal > 0) 
        return (double)$formatted; 
    else 
        return (int)$formatted; 
}

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number_format() works fine.<br />
<br />
Thanks
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A string variable I'm passing to PayPal has to have a decimal point and two places to the right. &nbsp;So 1 becomes 1.00. &nbsp;How can cause this format to be generated for a variable? &nbsp;I know printf will generate this output, but is there a way I can just form the string I want in the variable?<br />
<br />
Thanks
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A string variable I'm passing to PayPal has to have a decimal point and two places to the right.  So 1 becomes 1.00.  How can cause this format to be generated for a variable?  I know printf will generate this output, but is there a way I can just form the string I want in the variable?

Thanks

Specifying a format for a string variable.

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