Number Helper

[eluser]nmweb[/eluser]
The folks over at Cakephp came up with these:

Code:

The Number helper includes a few nice functions for formatting numerical data in your views.
precision
    * precision
    * mixed $number
    * int $precision = 3

Returns $number formatted to the level of precision specified by $precision.

toReadableSize
    * toReadableSize
    * int $sizeInBytes

Returns a human readable size, given the $size supplied in bytes. Basically, you pass a number of bytes in, and this function returns the appropriate human-readable value in KB, MB, GB, or TB.

toPercentage
    * toPercentage
    * mixed $number
    * int $precision = 2

Returns the given number formatted as a percentage, limited to the precision specified in $precision.

I don't see how I would often use these but some of the present helpers I also rarely use. Barbazul's suggestions are more useful