[RESOLVED] showing currency symbols

[rossmurphy]

Hi all,

I have a multi currency site. Does anyone know how i go about showing a currency symbol next to a user's balance based on their currency code (eg. USD or GBP)?

Thanks in advance

[dagon]

if($foo=='USD'){
echo '$';
}
...

without seeing your code that's about as much as any one can say.

[rossmurphy]

Thats what i figured i would have to do. Create some sort of look up table with the HTML values of each currency symbol.

I'm trying to find out if there is a function similar to <fmt:formatNumber tag in the JSTL tag library for java.

Thanks though.

[dagon]

no idea what that java function is, there's dozens of ways to do this, but based on the information you have given no one could possibly know the best method.

[rossmurphy]

Okay let me be more clear. I have a standard currency ISO code. Is there a function in php that outputs a currency symbol based on an ISO code or locale?

Cheers.

[bradgrafelman]

If you're creating your own lookup table sort of thing, you could use arrays to shorten the syntax a bit, e.g.:

$symbol = array(
	'USD' => '$',
	'EUR' => '€',
	'GBP' => '£',
	'JPY' => '¥',
	/* etc */
);

echo "Your total amount is: " . $symbol[$currency_abbreviation] . $amount;

EDIT: In case you haven't come across it, this was my source.

[dagon]

no, but you can write one