Jul
1
2009

PHP Format numbers to Indian Numerical System

An article by Binary Tides

The numerical system used in India differs from the Western system in terms of the placement of the thousands separator.

Example :
Number -> 1000000
Indian System -> 10,00,000 (Ten Lakh)
Western System -> 1,000,000 (1 Million)

While echoing numbers in PHP it is possible to format numbers with such separators using functions like number_format.

To format a number in the Indian Numerical System the code would be :

<?php
$amount = '100000';
setlocale(LC_MONETARY, 'en_IN');
$amount = money_format('%!i', $amount);
echo $amount;

and the output should be :

1,00,000.00

1. Set the locale.
2. Format the number using money_format.

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4 Comments + Add Comment

Ashish September 27, 2011 at 9:51 am

money_format() does not work for windows. How can we make the existing functionality work on windows?

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- admin October 19, 2011 at 6:15 am
  
  Hello
  
  Yes , the function money_format is not available on Windows.
  http://php.net/manual/en/function.money-format.php
  
  So a custom function has to be written for windows.
  
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matheen September 16, 2011 at 5:34 am

Thanks… It works as per my requirement….

I have done some modification to remove the decimal points.

$number = 10000;
setlocale(LC_MONETARY, ‘en_IN’); $amount1 = money_format(‘%!.0n’, $number); echo $amount1;

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Raaz March 16, 2011 at 4:30 am

It Does not work properly.

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