Re: [PHP] Any reason why printf() does not support formats with thousands separator?

John Iliffe wrote:
> On Monday 10 July 2017 03:07:50 Per Jessen wrote:
>> $SUBJ says it all - I've recently discovered that a format such
>> as %'.2f" results in this:
>>
>> php -r "printf(\"%'.2f\", 23232323.237);"
>> 23232323.237000
>>
>> I know that number_format() will do the same, but I am given the format
>> spec as an interface, I would need to try to parse it and then decide
>> whether to use printf() or number_format().
> 
> Try 
> 
> php -r "printf(\"%.2f\", 232323.4567);"
> 232323.46

That works, but doesn't do what I want - add thousands separators :-)



/Per