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March 5, 2014 17:18
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Shorten large numbers into abbreviations (i.e. 1,500 = 1.5k)
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<?php | |
/** | |
* Shorten large numbers into abbreviations (i.e. 1,500 = 1.5k) | |
* | |
* @param int $number Number to shorten | |
* @return String A number with a symbol | |
*/ | |
function numberAbbreviation($number) { | |
$abbrevs = array(12 => "T", 9 => "B", 6 => "M", 3 => "K", 0 => ""); | |
foreach($abbrevs as $exponent => $abbrev) { | |
if($number >= pow(10, $exponent)) { | |
$display_num = $number / pow(10, $exponent); | |
$decimals = ($exponent >= 3 && round($display_num) < 100) ? 1 : 0; | |
return number_format($display_num,$decimals) . $abbrev; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
?> |
I added 'return $number;' as the last line of the function to solve the 0 issue.
seems to work good, thank you sir, you are a gentleman and a scholar
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When the $number is 0, this returns empty.