How do I print 8 decimals in php

Question

if i have a number:

$num = 0.00638835;

which is an average of 100 entries. I want to find the average and print it.

$avg = $num/100;

my result prints as:

echo $avg;

6.38835E-5

how can i print it as:

 .000004928 //or whatever the number is

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 21 '17 at 16:53

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$num = 0.00638835;
$avg = $num/100;
echo number_format ($avg, 8);

0.00006388

answered Dec 21 '17 at 16:53

Sergio Tx

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 21 '17 at 16:54

0

echo number_format($a, 10);
with number format you can select any number of decimals

answered Dec 21 '17 at 16:54

halojoy

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 21 '17 at 16:59

0

$num = 0.00638835;

$avg = $num/100;

echo number_format($avg, 8);

answered Dec 21 '17 at 16:59

Miguel Torres

3 Answers3