What number is this: 8.86E-6
And how can we convert it with PHP?
Is this number equivalent to 0.00000886 or 8.8600000e-6
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2Convert it to what? – Mark Baker Sep 15 '16 at 16:16
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it's scientific notiation. just treat `e` as the visual equvalient of `x10^` – Marc B Sep 15 '16 at 16:16
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PHP natively understands scientific notation - if you've got a string in that format then any mathematical operations will work fine. If you're looking to convert it for display, look into `sprintf`. – iainn Sep 15 '16 at 16:23