PHP cutting off starting and ending zero

Question

I have found plenty of ways to add a zero to one side of a string and also get rid of the zeroes, but the issue I am having is my numbers come back like this:

 10
 6.9

And I need to keep zeroes on either side of decimal place like this:

 10.00
 06.90

now excuse me if i am just not searching with the correct terminology but i cant find the answer here

i need to keep leading and trailing zeroes intact

that is leading zeroes i need leading and trailing to stay intact — Dynamite Media, Mar 28 '17 at 08:46
Yes - but the answer is the same either way; if you need the leading or trailing zeroes you're not really dealing with a number - but a string representing that number. — CD001, Mar 28 '17 at 08:48
could you point out how? its not decimals either, as i said i know how to add a zero, i'm trying to keep the ones i already have — Dynamite Media, Mar 28 '17 at 08:51
If you're not changing anything in the string - just ensure it's always a string: `$n = '06.90'; echo $n; // outputs 06.90` — CD001, Mar 28 '17 at 10:09

lalithkumar · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-28T09:56:12.643

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$out=number_format($number,2,'.','0');

echo ($out<10)?"0".$out:$out;

By using the number_format function you can get the decimal values after dot and ternary operator for make the round with decimal values

edited Mar 28 '17 at 09:56

answered Mar 28 '17 at 08:49

lalithkumar

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this could be the answer. – lalithkumar Mar 28 '17 at 08:51
could you edit that to be formatted? thanks – Dynamite Media Mar 28 '17 at 08:54
edited the answer – lalithkumar Mar 28 '17 at 09:08
Whilst this code snippet is welcome, and may provide some help, it would be [greatly improved if it included an explanation](//meta.stackexchange.com/q/114762) of *how* and *why* this solves the problem. Remember that you are answering the question for readers in the future, not just the person asking now! Please [edit] your answer to add explanation, and give an indication of what limitations and assumptions apply. – Toby Speight Mar 28 '17 at 09:44

PHP cutting off starting and ending zero

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