Perl syntax - Currency format

[d-woo]

I'm having trouble editing some PHP code that was written in a Perl style to get it to output in either comma or currency format.

The search in this forum led me to the PHP manual and the number_format command. I'm still having problems with the output.

The number being pulled from a MySQL database is 13085. It is the current value of the variable $revenue.

My goal is to get the output as either:
13,085.00 or $13,085.00

Current code:
$db->p("revenue");

this outputs 13085.00

I have attempted:
number_format($db->p("revenue"));
this outputs 13085.00

I then used a function:
<?php
function dollarformat($amount)
{
$amount=doubleval($amount);
echo(sprintf("%.2f", $amount));
}
?>
then
dollarformat($db->p("revenue"));
this outputs 13085.000.00

I'm having problems with the:
$db->p("revenue") in that I don't know what the "p" is doing.

How do I get 13,085.00? (with the comma)?

[Anon]

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[van__]

Hmm, you got a weird result from number_format... that should have given you the desired results by using it just the way you did.

That variable name might be throwing a monkey wrench in the works for you.

try throwing that off somewhere...
$var = $db->p("revenue")
echo number_format($var);