How do I put a decimal in a number after specific digits in PHP

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I am getting the data through the api and when it comes to the price of the product data is like amount -> 18625 and fractionDigits->2. So in this case the output should be 186.25,
How can I do this with php.

What I have tried:

I have tried the number_format method but not working

Posted 18-Aug-21 1:30am

Priyanshu Sharma 2021

Updated 18-Aug-21 1:38am

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Richard MacCutchan 18-Aug-21 7:37am

You need to divide it by 100 to get the parts either side of the decimal point.

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Solution 1

See PHP Operators[^] for how to get the quotient and remainder.

Posted 18-Aug-21 1:38am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-18T01:38:00

Solution 2

Try PHP: number_format - Manual[^] and PHP: pow - Manual[^]

PHP

$x = 18625;
$fractionDigits = 2;
echo number_format($x / pow(10, $fractionDigits), $fractionDigits);

Posted 18-Aug-21 1:38am

OriginalGriff