convert a scientific notation/exponential number

Question

I am trying to convert a scientific notation/exponential number.

For example :

I get from a API request this number : 4.96E-6

I want to convert it to his normal value 0.00000496.

I searched on the web and tryed a few codes like

$awb = "4.96e-6"; // tried with and without quotes
$format = sprintf($awb, "%e");
var_dump($format);

it returns : string(7) "4.96E-6"

$awb = 4.96e-6;
$format = sscanf($awb, "%e");
var_dump($format);

Is returning :

array(1) { [0]=> float(4.96E-6) }

Please what should I do ?

Thank you

@PatrickQ while I'm sure that this is a duplicate of something, the accepted answer on that is *awful*. — Sammitch, Dec 19 '17 at 19:18
Do you want to convert this to a differently-formatted *string* for output, or to a *number* for calculations? — Sammitch, Dec 19 '17 at 19:19
@Sammitch Yeah, I found what's probably a better one (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5340283/convert-exponential-number-presented-as-string-to-a-decimal) after I picked that. Can't retract and then vote again though, so figured I'd just live my original close vote. — Patrick Q, Dec 19 '17 at 19:20

Drefetr · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-10T20:19:59.333

4

You can use the number_format() function; e.g.

<?php
$awb = "4.96e-6";
print number_format($awb, 10);
?>

Will result in the output: 0.0000049600.

edited Dec 10 '18 at 20:19

answered Dec 19 '17 at 18:45

Drefetr

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