adding values drops my zero.

[penguinboy]

i'm trying to add dollar values

like

$cost = "12.00";

$othercost = "12.60";

$total = $cost + $othercost;

echo "$ $total";

well i want it to echo "$ 24.60";

but instead its echoing "$ 24.6";

so how do i get around this problem, I've tried using "", '', () but noting seems to work.

thanks for any help

-pb

[cahva]

$total=printf( "%.2f", $total );
echo $total;

Which will print it out with the zero in the end.

[cahva]

Heh, there is an example just like yours in the manual:

$money1 = 68.75;
$money2 = 54.35;
$money = $money1 + $money2;
// echo $money will output "123.1";
$formatted = sprintf("%01.2f", $money);
// echo $formatted will output "123.10"