Re: [SMARTY] problem displaying float

George Pitcher wrote:
>>> The following code:
>>>
>>> $fee = 160.44;
>>> $fee2 = $fee + 0; // I have a reason for adding zero;
>>> echo $fee."<br>";
>>> echo $fee2."<br>";
>>> settype($fee, "float");
>>> echo gettype($fee);
>>>       
> gettype($fee) before settype() gave me 'object'.
>   

It shouldn't have!

Is this a complete code example, in PHP (ie not in Smarty)?

On my server the following PHP code:
    <?php
        $fee = 160.44;
        $fee2 = $fee + 0; // I have a reason for adding zero;
        echo $fee."<br>";
        echo $fee2."<br>";
        echo gettype($fee)."<br>";
        echo gettype($fee2)."<br>";
    ?>
gives:
    160.44
    160.44
    double
    double

.. as I would have expected.

I think you need to resolve this first, but I'm almost certain the
problem is that the code example you've posted is not identical to the
code you're trying.

> I'm doing all this in the php and sending it to the template using echo.
>   

I'm not sure what you mean by "sending it to the template using echo".
It sounds like you're sending it to the browser using echo, bypassing
the template altogether. A code example would help.

> Initially I was sending to the template with a $smarty->assign('variable',
> sprintf("%01.2f",$fee2));
>   

I would go with Messju's suggestion, ie use:
    $smarty->assign('variable',$fee2);
and in the template put:
    {"%.2f"|sprintf:$variable}

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Mark Rogers
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