RE: [SMARTY] problem displaying float

Mark, et al,

I did some testing over the weekend and, as expected, can declare Smarty as
blameless, regarding my problem.

I've narrowed it down to the fact that my $fee variable is a simplexml
object. I now need to find a way of converting that to a float.
settype($fee, "float") doen't work.

Back to the PHP list.

Thanks for all suggestions.

Cheers

George
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Rogers [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 17 November 2006 6:12 pm
> To: George Pitcher
> Cc: Smarty-General
> Subject: Re: [SMARTY] problem displaying float
>
>
> George Pitcher wrote:
> > The actual code for this page is long and complex, but the
> relevant snippet
> > looks like:
> > ===========================================================
> >     $fee = [web-service response (in dollars and cents)]
> >     settype($fee, "float");
> >     $fee_type = gettype($fee);
> >     $range = explode(",",strim($pr));
> >     $rangecounter = count($range);
> >     $rangecounter = ($rangecounter>1?$rangecounter-1:0);
> >     $ccc_supp =  floatval($rangecounter * 3);
> >     settype($ccc_supp, "float");
> >     $fee2 = $fee + $ccc_supp;
> >
> > $smarty->assign('ccc_fee',($rt!='Granted'?'Not available through CCC:
> > '.($rt!=''?$rt:'no reason given'):'The CCC QuickPrice for this
> request is:
> > $'.sprintf("%01.2f",$fee2)."<br>$ccc_terms"));
> > ===========================================================
> >
>
> I just tried the following code, which I suggest you also try:
>     ===========================================
>     <?php
>         $fee = '160.44';
>         $pr = '9-27';
>         $ccc_terms = '';
>         $rt = 'Granted';
>
>         settype($fee, "float");
>         $fee_type = gettype($fee);
>         $range = explode(",",trim($pr));
>         $rangecounter = count($range);
>         $rangecounter = ($rangecounter>1?$rangecounter-1:0);
>         $ccc_supp =  floatval($rangecounter * 3);
>         settype($ccc_supp, "float");
>         $fee2 = $fee + $ccc_supp;
>
>         $ccc_fee = $rt!='Granted'?'Not available through CCC: '
>                     .($rt!=''?$rt:'no reason given'):'The CCC QuickPrice
> for this request is: $'
>                     .sprintf("%01.2f",$fee2)."<br>$ccc_terms";
>
>         var_dump($fee, $range, $rangecounter, $ccc_supp, $fee2, $ccc_fee);
>     ?>
>     ===========================================
>
> It is as close I could get to your exact code, notice I substitute
> "trim" for "strim", and calculated and 'var_dump'ed $ccc_fee rather than
> using Smarty. The results I get are:
>
>     ===========================================
>     float(160.44)
>     array(1) {
>       [0]=>
>       string(4) "9-27"
>     }
>     int(0)
>     float(0)
>     float(160.44)
>     string(51) "The CCC QuickPrice for this request is: $160.44<br>"
>     ===========================================
>
> All of those look fine to me. If you get the same results, and yet
>     $smarty->assign('ccc_fee',$ccc_fee);
> .. in your code and
>     {$ccc_fee}
> .. in your template shows something different, then I would be very
> surprised.
>
> However, suppose $fee is actually '160. 44' (note the space after the
> .), or as Messju suggested '160,44' (comma instead of .) then the
> conversion to float will give 160 not 160.44 and the results you are
> getting. So corruption of the value of $fee would be where I'd go looking.
>
> You should also be careful that a price of '1,234.44' doesn't get
> converted to $1 by your method, for the same reasons.
>
> --
> Mark Rogers
> More Solutions Ltd :: 0845 45 89 555
>
>
>