money format with commas in php code example

Example 1: format php currency

<?php
// beware: number_format also rounds

$number = 1234.56;

// english notation (default)
$english_format_number = number_format($number);
// 1,235

// French notation
$nombre_format_francais = number_format($number, 2, ',', ' ');
// 1 234,56

$number = 1234.5678;

// english notation without thousands separator
$english_format_number = number_format($number, 2, '.', '');
// 1234.57

Example 2: format money with commas in php

<?php
function CurrencyFormat($number)
{
   $decimalplaces = 2;
   $decimalcharacter = '.';
   $thousandseparater = ',';
   return number_format($number,$decimalplaces,$decimalcharacter,$thousandseparater);
}
?>