Displaying a num with 2 decimal places

[jimbob]

Hi,

I want to display a number with two decimal places - so that 5 is displayed as 5.00 .

I am sure it is simple, but I can't find the way... any ideas?

Thanks,

jimbob

[drawmack]

http://www.php.net/printf
http://www.php.net/sprintf

[jimbob]

🙂 thanks

[laserlight]

If you're feeling really lame you can also use [man]number_format/man