Re: [PHP] Field type for american money

Robert Cummings wrote:
> Shawn McKenzie wrote:
>> Waynn Lue wrote:
>>> For mysql, it's better to use int and then store it in cents (or
>>> micros) so you can use all integer operations instead of float ones.
>>>
>>
>> To each his own.  Speed or otherwise I don't see a difference between:
>>
>> $total = 19.95 + 3.99; //shipping
>>
>> and
>>
>> $total = 1995 + 399; //shipping
>>
>> Except with the ints you have to format them for display.
> 
> You have to format the floats too:
> 
> <?php
> 
>     $total = 5.55 + 9.35;
>     echo $total."\n";
> 
> ?>
> 
> Cheers,
> Rob.

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

I guess what I meant to say was that I had never really considered using
ints :-)

-- 
Thanks!
-Shawn
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